http://smartenoughsystems.com/wp/2008/05/08/some-thoughts-on-the-future-of-application-development/ Delivering competitive advantage with smarter systems through automating decisions Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:10:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://smartenoughsystems.com/wp/2008/05/08/some-thoughts-on-the-future-of-application-development/#comment-9999 Mark Eastwood Sun, 11 May 2008 19:32:55 +0000 http://smartenoughsystems.com/wp/?p=404#comment-9999 James, While I agree somewhat with Mike's thinking about horizontal BI, BPM, and business rules platforms, I think he misses something here too. Tools like Blaze Advisor while horizontal are infinitely customizable to create the business friendly experience he cites as an advantage to Experian's tool. Everyday the horizontal capabilities of Blaze Advisor are used to develop customized rule maintenance applications (a browser-based business user rule authoring environment) specific not only to a particular industry (for the originations environment Fair Isaac pre-built Capstone Decision Accelerator) but to a particular player in that industry. Leveraging the Enterprise Policy Hub concept, businesses competing against one another in a single industry define policies and have procedures and sometimes a unique "language" they use to define these policies. The Blaze Advisor rule maintenance application is effectively custom built (from existing components) for a particular client organization. Its the ultimate in horizontal functionality meets built-for-purpose business user rule authoring environment. James, While I agree somewhat with Mike’s thinking about horizontal BI, BPM, and business rules platforms, I think he misses something here too. Tools like Blaze Advisor while horizontal are infinitely customizable to create the business friendly experience he cites as an advantage to Experian’s tool. Everyday the horizontal capabilities of Blaze Advisor are used to develop customized rule maintenance applications (a browser-based business user rule authoring environment) specific not only to a particular industry (for the originations environment Fair Isaac pre-built Capstone Decision Accelerator) but to a particular player in that industry. Leveraging the Enterprise Policy Hub concept, businesses competing against one another in a single industry define policies and have procedures and sometimes a unique “language” they use to define these policies. The Blaze Advisor rule maintenance application is effectively custom built (from existing components) for a particular client organization. Its the ultimate in horizontal functionality meets built-for-purpose business user rule authoring environment.

]]> http://smartenoughsystems.com/wp/2008/05/08/some-thoughts-on-the-future-of-application-development/#comment-9963 Bringing a business domain to bear on decisions » Smart (Enough) Systems, the blog Fri, 09 May 2008 23:35:40 +0000 http://smartenoughsystems.com/wp/?p=404#comment-9963 [...] made an interesting comment in response to my recent post on the future of application development. He said: Are business [...] [...] made an interesting comment in response to my recent post on the future of application development. He said: Are business [...]

]]> http://smartenoughsystems.com/wp/2008/05/08/some-thoughts-on-the-future-of-application-development/#comment-9954 Mike Gualtieri Fri, 09 May 2008 03:31:54 +0000 http://smartenoughsystems.com/wp/?p=404#comment-9954 Hi James, I agree there will be multiple application development scenarios. I have been giving a lot of thought to how business domain specific design/development tools will help enable a business developer scenario.  Most tools are <strong>general </strong>to all domains.  For example, most of the BI, BPM, and business rules platforms are designed as general purpose tools. An example, of a domain specific dev tool is Experian's business rules platform.  Risk Managers get Experian right away because it is designed for them.  But, a business user in manufacturing or logistics would not understand it. Are business domain tools necessary to enable a non-trivial development role for businesspeople? Hi James,
I agree there will be multiple application development scenarios. I have been giving a lot of thought to how business domain specific design/development tools will help enable a business developer scenario.  Most tools are general to all domains.  For example, most of the BI, BPM, and business rules platforms are designed as general purpose tools. An example, of a domain specific dev tool is Experian’s business rules platform.  Risk Managers get Experian right away because it is designed for them.  But, a business user in manufacturing or logistics would not understand it. Are business domain tools necessary to enable a non-trivial development role for businesspeople?

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