Posted by Reilly Atkinson on June 25, 2002 at 17:56:51:

In Reply to: Business Rules Technology: Thought for the day posted by Martyn Richard Jones on June 25, 2002 at 08:33:45:

Martyn -- I'll speak to your post from direct experience.

Suppose that some collection of Business Rules is deemed to be complete. The best game in town for testing completeness is to combine the BRules together in a predictive simulation model. If the model works, by providing good explanations of events, and by providing accurate forecasts, you know for the moment that you have the right Rules.

More likely, you will find that simple A&B then G or H rules, or whatever don't cut it. Then you will need more complex multivariate functions. By the time you reach such complexity, the notion of rules tends to break down -- they become less and less applicable.

I was part of a team that successfully built simulation models of both New Haven and Houston-Galveston.The level of detail in our model allowed us to play a strong role in school planning, branch bank location, utility planning, and real estate development.(I'm co author of two books on the subject.)

Yes info/data covering how a business works -- rules or not -- can be extremely useful in understanding how those works work. Help with KM? Of course, because properly utilized older data begets newer data,... which, in the right hands, can help people do a better job, or save the farm, or recognize new markets, or ....
Smart companies, smart people have tended to use data and info in this practical way for a many years. A little schuck here, and little jive there and you are off to the races.
Regards,
Reilly

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