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New Wisdom Software at 2011 Business Rules Forum Conference

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:57:00 +0000

New Wisdom Software announces that it will be sponsoring and exhibiting RuleGuide at the 2011 Business Rules Forum Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The conference will be held 10/30/2011 - 11/3/2011 as part of the Building Business Capability Conference.

Visit us at the BBC2011 Conference Newcomers Pod #6. Live demos of RuleGuide Software as a Service (SaaS) will be available. Also, see a preview of RuleGuide running on the iPad via the RuleGuide SaaS delivery model.

If you are interested in reserving some time with New Wisdom Software at the Conference, please contact New Wisdom Software at info@newwisdomsoftware.com

Modern Analyst : Business Analysis Industry News: Article: Introducing RuleGuide

noreply@blogger.com (LB) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:35:00 +0000

Article: Introducing RuleGuide™ - Business Decision and Rule Management
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Summary:
Improve Business Decision and Rules Analysis with the right tool

RuleGuide is a tool that accelerates and improves the quality of business decision and rule capture, analysis and management. By providing an enterprise repository for business decisions, rules, and associated metadata, RuleGuide fosters ongoing collaboration and alignment of the business and IT teams.

RuleGuide is a business decision and rule management (BDRM) tool. Business teams use RuleGuide to capture, analyze, and manage business decisions and rules along with terms, facts, and supporting metadata. RuleGuide is a web based application enabling remote access for project team members to collaborate on decision and rule management in a real-time environment. Business analysis teams can access the RuleGuide centralized information repository anywhere via laptops, desktop, and now the iPad.

RuleGuide Software as a Service (SaaS)

noreply@blogger.com (LB) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:31:00 +0000

New Wisdom Software has released a paper providing details on RuleGuide SaaS.

view RuleGuide SaaS Paper (PDF)

Modern Analyst : Business Analysis Industry News: RuleGuide Software as a Service (SaaS)

noreply@blogger.com (LB) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:18:00 +0000

Announcement of RuleGuide Software as a Service (SaaS)
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Summary:

One Decision Maker’s response to RuleGuide as a Service,
“I like the low cost, low hassle, big benefits”.

The RuleGuide Software as a Service (SaaS) model includes the use of RuleGuide decision and rule management software, scaled for a Business Unit to Enterprise level for the term of the hosting. Servers are sized per client requirements for the number of users, traffic estimates, and information storage requirements.

Subscribing to hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) is a norm today for most companies. Large and small companies are taking advantage of substantial cost savings and efficiencies of the SaaS approach.

James Taylor on EDM: Updated Look at RuleGuide

noreply@blogger.com (LB) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:04:00 +0000

From James Taylor on Everything Decision Management 6/08/2011:
As an update to James Taylor's "First Look" series, he provides some new impressions of RuleGuide in this Updated Look:

http://jtonedm.com/2011/06/08/update-new-wisdom-ruleguide/

"New Wisdom LLC

I have an update on the RuleGuide™ product from New Wisdomrecently. I blogged about RuleGuide back in 2009. The product started with a focus on business rule management for the business team – allowing them to create a container of rules to pass to the IT group for implementation in a Business Rules Management System. Today, RuleGuide business rules projects tend to be more strategic with broader scope and a focus on deployment of those rules in reusable Decision Services. This pushes the focus to the business rule lifecycle, to decisions and to business rule metadata. These changes drive a need for an enterprise repository with more scalability, better communication, and more transparency. Over time the repository and its ability to support a true rule management strategy has become the focus.

The current product is aimed squarely at helping business people manage multiple rules-based projects across an enterprise. The repository is designed to be a definitive source of information about decisions, rules, terms and their relationships – including their relationships to processes. It supports real-time collaboration, wide accessibility and governance/controls."

Release 2.8 announced

noreply@blogger.com (LB) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:30:00 +0000

New Features:

1. Formal Rule - The Message field has been expanded to allow selection of multiple messages for each formal rule
2. Formal Rule: The message panel has been added to show the selected messages
3. Message: messages now have a number and are identified by type/number.
4. Handbooks: Administrator and User handbooks are now available for Release version 2.8
5. Release Notes: release notes have been added to the sub menu of the Help navigation menu item, to the right of User Handbook

Enhancements:

1. Business Definitions: Rule Type has been renamed to Rule Group for better clarity. Rule Group enables users to organize and group rules.
2. Decisions: Source Rule has been renamed to Rule Statement for better clarity. The Rule Statement sub-menu item enables the user to capture rules as a Business Rule Statement (in a natural language format) and create a profile for these rules.
3. Reset button - color changed to green to improve look of RuleGuide page.

New Wisdom Software presented at Object Management Group (OMG) Decision Modeling Information Day

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:35:00 +0000

New Wisdom Software (NWS) presented "RuleGuide Decision and Rule Management" at the Object Management Group (OMG) Decision Modeling Information Day in Arlington, VA on March 23, 2011

http://www.omg.org/news/meetings/tc/agendas/va/Decision_Modeling_Info_Day_Agenda.htm

To view Lee Lambert's NWS presentation: http://www.omg.org/news/meetings/tc/agendas/va/DMN_pdf/Lambert.pdf

RuleGuide featured in LinkedIn Discussions in The Decision Model Group

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:17:00 +0000

Join this group and view the discussion on:

Most Recent Decision Model Column in Modern Analyst-Software Tools for the Decision Model Part 2 --discussion started by Barbara VonHalle

View the discussion and response from Lee Lambert at:

http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=3394865&type=member&item=44605726&qid=a16dd987-cd75-4166-a2c4-c2c59320a2dc&goback=.gmp_3394865

RuleGuide featured in KPI Decision Model Article

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:33:00 +0000

RuleGuide has adapted its existing product to provide for the business management of The Decision Model.

Software Tools for The Decision Model - Part 2
By: Barbara von Halle and Larry Goldberg
Wednesday February 23, 2011

"We are excited with the continued commitment by New Wisdom to support The Decision Model."

On Modern Analyst:
http://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1711/Software-Tools-for-The-Decision-ModelPart-2.aspx

BPM Institute
http://www.bpminstitute.org/articles/article/article/software-tools-for-the-decision-model-part-2.html

Part 1 of the series is referenced and linked in this article.

Presentation - Case Study: A Decision Focused Approach to Business Rule Management and Analysis

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:52:00 +0000

The following presentation was made at BPM Institute Conference in Fall 2010.

Case Study: A Decision Focused Approach to Business Rule Management and Analysis
Featuring: Lee Lambert, Managing Partner & Rich Southwell, Account Executive, New Wisdom Software
Wednesday December 29, 2010

http://www.bpminstitute.org/presentations/presentation/article/case-study-a-decision-focused-approach-to-business-rule-management-and-analysis.html

Note: Must join BPM Institute as free member to view

Release 2.7 announced

noreply@blogger.com (LB) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:24:00 +0000

Release 2.7 New Features/Enhancements

New Features:

1. Messages - Message are now available to enable the user to document and manage messages. Rule Family rows or Formal Rules may have messages. Typically, Message Types are actions or instructions, critical, or information messages.
2. Export Process - ability to Export Formal Rule and Glossary records to an Excel document using filters.
3. Export/Import - Support added for client defined fields on both export and import functions.

Enhancements:

1. Java infrastucture software updates to latest versions for 3rd Party Libraries (Hibernate, Spring, ehcache)
2. Decision - Expanded Decision verb drop list (added 'Assess', 'Estimate', 'Validate')
3. Displaying columns on a RuleGuide Page - The reset button updates the user’s screen with the columns selected.

New Wisdom Unveils RuleGuide™ Hosted Solution

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:11:00 +0000

Modern Analyst, October 6, 2010

New Wisdom announces RuleGuide Business Unit License as a hosted web server based solution. This managed solution is hosted on dedicated web servers, with firewall and security to protect your company’s data, as a cost effective, secure off-site option for your business.

At the heart of New Wisdom’s hosted offering is enterprise capable RuleGuide business rules documentation and management software. New Wisdom distinguishes the solution from that of competitors by offering flexible licensing and hosting choices for a company’s business rules management.

New Wisdom’s RuleGuide software architecture is highly collaborative for the business rules team, with web logon access and real time access to the RuleGuide repository. As users add or update rules and terms, the team members have immediate access to the information. This is a powerful solution in action.
The hosted Business Unit License is intended as an easy transition for rules projects approaching a tipping point while struggling with spreadsheets, or other desktop tools, for decision and rules management. This RuleGuide solution is licensed at the business unit level. It does not limit number of users. The Business Unit License is a one time fee which may be credited towards an Enterprise License. The hosting monthly fee is modest for the support of servers, database backups, and software support.

The company reports this new RuleGuide hosting option is available immediately and they can have a company up and running in a matter of days.

Contact Lee Lambert for more info at lee@newwisdomsoftware.com.

Visit us at www.newwisdomsoftware.com.

Release 2.6 announced

noreply@blogger.com (LB) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:53:00 +0000

Release 2.6 Enhancements

Enhancements:

1. Formal Rule - In order to allow work-in-progress on formal rules that are versioned, it is now possible to save these with incomplete conclusions/conditions. This will allow the user to complete the formal rule in another session.
2. Formal Rule - Sequence numbers 5 digit zero filed (*database change). This will improve the automatic generation of pattern numbers for formal rule patterns.
3. Import - The Excel spreadsheet template supplied by New Wisdom for use in import now only supports the structured formal rule template.
4. Updated Import process - import function has been improved. RuleGuide allows users to import large quantities of rule-related information from other sources via a pre-defined Microsoft Excel template, that New Wisdom provides.

Presentation - What is an Enterprise Business Rule Repository? DO I Need One?

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:58:00 +0000

Presentation at BPM Institute Conference in Summer 2010

What is an Enterprise Business Rule Repository? DO I Need One?
Featuring: Rich Southwell, Business Development Manager, New Wisdom Software
Wednesday August 25, 2010

http://www.bpminstitute.org/presentations/presentation/article/what-is-an-enterprise-business-rule-repository-do-i-need-one.html

Release 2.5 announced

noreply@blogger.com (LB) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:12:00 +0000

Release 2.5 New Features/Enhancements

New Features:

1. Context at login - Preferred Context (last used context will be preset at login). With subsequent logins, the context defaults to the last context set by the user. To change the context at any time during a login session, the user can click on “Context:” in the upper right of the screen. The Organization Context allows the user to work at the “Current Context” per the Role’s permissions for the selected organization by the user
2. Formal Rule - 5 client defined fields - Allows to user to define 1-5 additional fields on the formal rule.
3. Rule Family - The number of condition columns that can be displayed in a rule family is not limited.

Enhancements:

1. Session timeout re-set to 30 minutes - If the login session is idle for 30 minutes, the session will end and the user will have an opportunity to login again.
2. Formal Rule - 'Analysis' is the default value for Status on a formal rule.
3. Formal Rule - In order to Check-In a formal rule, a status is now required
4. Formal Rule - A status value is a required field (cannot be empty)
5. Source Rule- 'Analysis' is the default value for Status on a source rule. A status value is a required field (cannot be empty)
6. Glossary Status - 'Analysis' is the default value for Status on a glossary item. A status value is a required field (cannot be empty)
7. Formal Rule/Decision Impact/Delete process - A Formal Rule row is not deletable when it is last rule in rule family used in a decision
8. Rule Family - to improve performance in the generation of rule families, the right condition operands on each row no longer provide valid values and definition pop-up. The pop-up for valid values and definition are still available for the condition and conclusion terms.
9. Rule Family / Formal Rule - structured format is only format supported

Release 2.4 announced

noreply@blogger.com (LB) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:09:00 +0000

Release 2.4 New Features

New Features:
1. Navigation Menu: UserID value displays the current login id information
2. Navigation Menu: Role value shows the current role information for the user
3. Administrator Hand book now displays on Administrator menu
4. Administration: For organization maintenace, the Orginization Tree now updates automatically as Organizations are deleted or added

Release 2.3 announced

noreply@blogger.com (LB) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:05:00 +0000

Release 2.3 Enhancements

Enhancements:

1. Java infrastructure: Now using facelets and all pages are converted to XHTML. No longer using java server pages (JSP)
2. Administration: The Security Menu is now included on the RuleGuide Navigation Menu and is only visible to the Security Administrator.
3. Notes: The notes option on the action menu on each row on a RuleGuide page now shows the number of notes that are attached rather just an indication (*) that notes exist for the row.

New Wisdom Software Presented at BPM Institute's New York Brainstorm Conference

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:22:00 +0000

November 2 – 5, 2009

New Wisdom Software provided an overview of business rule repository approaches and identify the three “must have” capabilities for supporting an enterprise approach to documenting, analyzing and managing business rules.

Presentation Abstract:

What is an Enterprise Rule Repository? Do I Need One?

Lee Lambert, Managing Partner, New Wisdom Software

As business decision and rule management initiatives grow and become more complex, there is growing consensus among practitioners and thought leaders about the importance of the rule repository in developing a scalable, sustainable business rule management capability. This session will provide an overview of business rule repositories and identify the three “must have” capabilities for supporting an enterprise approach to documenting, analyzing and managing business rules.

New Wisdom Software Presented at 2009 Business Rules Forum

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:26:00 +0000

November 1 – 5, 2009

Joined by their client, New Wisdom Software presented a case study from a recent engagement that used RuleGuide and the KPI STEP Decision Model Methodology to document, consolidate and harmonize business rules across multiple applications.

more details...

Webinar On Demand: What is an Enterprise Business Rule Repository? Do I Need One?

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:33:00 +0000

http://www.modernanalyst.com/Webinars/tabid/207/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1089/What-is-an-Enterprise-Business-Rule-Repository-Do-I-Need-One.aspx

Modern Analyst Webinar

ABOUT THE WEBINAR
As business rule and decision management initiatives grow and become more complex, there is increasing consensus within the business analyst community about the importance of the rule repository in developing a scalable, sustainable business rule management capability.
This session will:
* Describe the limitations of spreadsheet based approaches to documenting, analyzing and managing business rules
* Explain how an enterprise rule repository can address these deficiencies while creating an information asset that can be leveraged across the organization
* Identify three “must have” attributes of a true enterprise repository

FEATURED SPEAKER
Rich Southwell
Business Development Manager
New Wisdom Software
Daniel Chaput
Director, Professional Services
New Wisdom Software

DURATION: 60 minute presentation and interactive question and answer session.
FEATURED SPONSOR: New Wisdom Software

Access webinar -> Webinar: What is an Enterprise Business Rule Repository? Do I Need One?
Download slides -> Slides: What is an Enterprise Business Rule Repository? Do I Need One?

Release 2.2 announced

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:36:00 +0000

Release 2.2 New Features/Enhancements

New Features:

Decision focused approach: Decisions - The Decision window in RuleGuide allows users to aggregate and manage all of the business rules (organized by Rule Family) that support a single business decision.
Decision focused approach: Rule Template - provides various formats for formal rule structures.
Decision focused approach: Rule Family- By displaying all of the Formal Rules for a particular conclusion in a table format for each Rule Family, RuleGuide makes it easier for the analyst to verify that the rule set is complete, accurate and free of logical gaps or overlaps.
Decision focused approach: Rule Patterns - RuleGuide automatically generates rule patterns for formal rules that contain common condition terms and the same conclusion terms.
Term hover for definition - provides a pop-up for valid values and definition for terms for formal rules displayed in a rule family.
Utilities: A Visio link has been added to the Utilities navigation menu item to allow for external link to Visio executable.
RuleGuide Administrator Handbook -released for Release 2.2
RuleGuide User Handbook - released for Release 2.2

Enhancements:

User Interface (UI): A new UI design has been implemented for RuleGuide pages and windows. Also, enhanced save options are now provided on each RuleGuide window.
Import and Export Utilities: enhanced options for importing and exporting are now provided.
Versioning: enhanced Work-In-Progress(draft) versioning has been implemented
Blaze integration: additional new RuleGuide tables are now integrated
Rule Template: For formal rules, a quick add of term to glossary using right mouse menu is now provided.
Glossary: additional fields, client customizable fields are now available.
Fact Model: enhanced layout is now available
Infrastructure: enhanced database independence has been implemented

James Taylor on EDM: First Look at RuleGuide

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:08:00 +0000

From James Taylor on Everything Decision Management 4/23/2009:
As part of James Taylor's "First Look" series, he provides some initial impressions of RuleGuide in this First Look:

http://jtonedm.com/2009/04/23/first-look-new-wisdom-ruleguide/

New Wisdom Presented at BPM Institute's Chicago Brainstorm Conference

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:57:00 +0000

BPM Institute's Chicago Brainstorm Conference
April 6 - April 9, 2009

New Wisdom Software presented an overview of the decision focused approach to business rule discovery, analysis and management, including fundamental terms and concepts. We outlined the benefits of integrating this approach with business process management and discuss some of the key capabilities that are required to do so successfully.

The presentation materials (pdf and audio) are available for download at:

http://www.bpminstitute.org/presentations/featured-presentation/article/case-study-a-decision-focused-approach-to-business-rule-management-and-analysis.html?tac=105b

The presentation materials are also available by contacting:

Rich Southwell - Account Executive - New Wisdom Software LLC by phone: (401) 339-0907 or via email: rsouthwell@newwisdomsoftware.com

Business Rules Forum 2009 Conference - 12th Annual

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:02:00 +0000

Business Rules Forum 2009 Conference - 12th Annual November 1-5, 2009 Las Vegas NV - The Primary Industry Conference on Business Rules and Decision Management

New Wisdom to Exhibit at 2009 Fair Isaac Customer Conference

noreply@blogger.com (New Wisdom Software, LLC) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:57:00 +0000

New Wisdom Software will be previewing the upcoming release of RuleGuide during InterACT 2009, Fair Isaac Corporation's (www.fico.com) annual customer conference. This will be held March 10-13, 2009 NYC

Complete information about InterACT 2009 and online registration are available at www.myinteract.com.