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Visual Rules Enterprise Platform

Visual Rules is a market-leading Business Rules Management (BRM) platform that supports both business and IT professionals during the entire rule lifecycle. This unique and collaborative platform enables efficient management of business rules and provides intuitive graphical tools.

In addition to the most advanced graphical modeling approach, Visual Rules provides all functionalities which - according to Gartner - have to be featured by modern Business Rules Management Platforms. Because of its open architecture, Visual Rules can easily be integrated with other tools such as Business Process Management (BPM) or Business Intelligence (BI).

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Overview

Lets Business ...

... Intuitively develop rules

focus on modeling business logic graphically with optimal support by advanced tools of the authoring client
benefit from the unmatched transparency of visualization as opposed to declarative approaches
use Visual Rules’ unique “rules first” approach whenever automatic extraction of the business object model from rule expressions is needed
rule modeling is supported by included rule templates
direct extraction of the business object model from rule expressions
easily access relational databases, including transaction control
create a comprehensive documentation of rules and data models that always matches rules in production

... Test rules and ensure rule quality

ensure rule quality through an intuitive yet powerful test-driven approach
review detailed rule execution statistics displayed within the graphical rule representation
define and manage test cases and entire test suites from a business perspective
ensure rule quality through an intuitive yet powerful test-driven approach which allows automated quality assurance in terms of TQM
run comprehensive rule-based simulations, and iteratively optimize rules or parameters
directly execute rules within the authoring client, and use single-step execution to graphically debug rule processing

... Manage rules throughout their lifecycle

increase productivity through comprehensive team coordination and closer collaboration with IT
manage business logic and related documentation in centralized repositories
revise rule history (who changed what and when) and compare entire versions

... Take ownership

(re)gain ownership of business logic
monitor operational business logic
ensure minimum time-to-market for rules by applying standardized testing procedures
create and master truly agile business applications

Lets IT ...

... Accelerate and optimize development of business logic

perform rule authoring and management within Eclipse-based IDEs
maintain full control over automated build and QA processes by integrating Visual Rules’ Ant and Maven plug-ins into existing build processes
manage rules, code, and other resources in the same repository
increase team productivity with advanced collaboration support
comprehensive performance monitoring for Business Rules
extend Visual Rules with your own functions, actions, and services and other functionality for OEM scenarios
significantly reduce maintenance efforts by deeply integrating business domain experts into maintenance and QA processes

... Integrate rules into any environment

integrate rules natively into applications via Java APIs or via Web Services in SOA
make use of its lightweight architecture, and flexibly configure its runtime components to fit in any target environment
rely on outstanding linear scalability and performance of rule components for enterprise-scale applications
provide a comprehensive environment for developing, maintaining and running truly agile business applications in a minimum amount of time

... Execute even complex rule scenarios safely and auditable

use decision services in multiple versions and dynamically route requests based on metadata
hot deploy decision services with zero downtime
consistent rule monitoring for each step
monitor and report rule execution if needed for each rule step, and use logging and built-in actions (e.g., for escalation purposes)

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Visual Rules Enterprise Platform allows for short-term development of dynamic business applications. Business experts are empowered to create and control workflow and business logic as well as user interfaces on their own. This unique approach increases agility and takes application development to a whole new level.