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Business Process Management 101

Information Guide to Business Process Management (BPM)

BPM: Business Rules Engine

A Business Rules Engine (BRE) is the component of a Business Process Automation (BPA) solution that actually automates business processes. The elements of a robust business rules engine includes the following:

Rules Repository. Sometimes called a Knowledge Base (KB), the business rules repository is a central database that contains all the high-level rules associated with a business process or set of processes.

Inference Engine. The inference engine places specific rules into the agenda based on the current facts in stored in the working memory.

Process Agenda. The agenda is the manifest that tracks all the rules selected by the inference engine during a run cycle.

Working Memory. Contains the current status of facts that led to the specific rules tracked by the agenda

Execution Module. This is the runtime environment for Inference Engine. When the Inference Engine is executing rules, the execution module contains a specific instance of the agenda and the working memory.

Rules IDE. This is the development environoment or rules editor that allows users to input and change rules in the repository or knowledgebase. Typically also contains a testing or simulation mode to simulate the effects of a rule in a real environment.

Business Process Management 101

BPM: Business Rules Engine

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