Good Old UServ Product Derby in the Brave New World of Decision Management
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The document discusses the Decision Model and Notation (DMN) as a standardized approach to bridging business decision design and implementation. It highlights insights from the userv product derby, emphasizing the varied use of decision tables, the lack of interoperability among implementations, and the necessity for a standardized business glossary in decision management tools. It also outlines potential improvements for DMN and encourages further discussion on its applications.
![Two Layers of Detail
Decision Requirements
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Decision Logic
Pre-Bureau
Risk Category
1 HIGH
2 MEDIUM
3 LOW
4 VERYLOW
5 DECLINE
6 HIGH
7 MEDIUM
8 LOW
TRUE
<100
[100..120[
[120..130]
>130
FALSE
<80
[80..90]
[90..110]
>110
Pre-bureau risk category table
UC
Existing
Customer
Application
Risk Score](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/lessonslearnedfromreallifedeploymentofdecisionmodelingfinal-151107224337-lva1-app6891/85/Good-Old-UServ-Product-Derby-in-the-Brave-New-World-of-Decision-Management-6-320.jpg)
![Decision Modeling In Context
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Pre-Bureau
Risk Category
1 HIGH
2 MEDIUM
3 LOW
4 VERYLOW
5 DECLINE
6 HIGH
7 MEDIUM
8 LOW
TRUE
<100
[100..120[
[120..130]
>130
FALSE
<80
[80..90]
[90..110]
>110
Pre-bureau risk category table
UC
Existing
Customer
Application
Risk Score
-amount : Money
-amountLimit : Money
-facilityType : Enum
-id : String
-repaymentBy : Date
-status : Enum
Loan Appliation -address : String
-creditRtng : Enum
-dateOfBirth : Date
-disqualified : Boolean
-disqualificationReason : String
-firstName : String
-id : String
-middleInitials : String
-proofOfIdSeenBy : StaffId
-surname : String
-telephone : TelephoneNo
Person
-annualIncome : Money
-employmentRecord : Enum
-personalDebt : Integer
Financial Profile
-endDate : Date
-salary : Money
-startDate : Date
-terminationReason : Enum
-workType : Enum
Employment
-realisationDate : Date
-type : Enum
-value : Money
AssetLiability
0..* -applicant
1
0..1
-guarantor
1..*
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Process
Data
Decision
Logic
Motivation
Organization
Department
Team
Role
Role
Team
Department
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Simplified Common Constructs
Hit Policies
Focus on two core types: Single-Hit and Multi-Hit
Remove Priority-based tables
Consider if Any, First and aggregation types are useful
Friendly-Enough Expression Language (FEEL)
Refine Simple-FEEL defined on concrete examples
Eliminate Range Exclusive confusion [a..b] v ]a..b[ v (a..b)
Express Aggregation methods as FEEL operators
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Discuss these and other DMN issues at the
special meeting “DMN at BBC“
on Nov. 5 at 5:50PM room: MilanoV
Anyone interested in DMN is welcome](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/lessonslearnedfromreallifedeploymentofdecisionmodelingfinal-151107224337-lva1-app6891/85/Good-Old-UServ-Product-Derby-in-the-Brave-New-World-of-Decision-Management-37-320.jpg)
Good Old UServ Product Derby in the Brave New World of Decision Management
- 1. Good Old UServ Product Derby in the Brave New World of Decision Management Nov 4, 2015Management
- 2. Presenters James Taylor CEO of Decision Management Solutions I work with clients to improve their business by applying technology to automate & improve decisions Dr Jacob Feldman Founder & CTO of OpenRules Hands-on developer helping OpenRules customers to create decisioning systems using BR, ML, and optimization technologies ©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules 1
- 3. Agenda Quick introduction to DMN UServ revisited Lessons from the DMCommunity submissions A more complete example Some thoughts on DMN Questions 2©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 5. Decision Modeling and Notation (DMN) “… provide a common notation that is readily understandable by all business users... DMN creates a standardized bridge for the gap between the business decision design and decision implementation.” OMG Specification – a peer to BPMN, CMMN Decision Management Solutions, IBM, Oracle, TIBCO, FICO, EscapeVelocity, KUL, Model Systems, KPI,Visumpoint DMN 1.0 Approved Q4-2014 DMN 1.1 Revision under way 4©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 6. Two Layers of Detail Decision Requirements 5©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules Decision Logic Pre-Bureau Risk Category 1 HIGH 2 MEDIUM 3 LOW 4 VERYLOW 5 DECLINE 6 HIGH 7 MEDIUM 8 LOW TRUE <100 [100..120[ [120..130] >130 FALSE <80 [80..90] [90..110] >110 Pre-bureau risk category table UC Existing Customer Application Risk Score
- 7. Decision Modeling In Context 6©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules Pre-Bureau Risk Category 1 HIGH 2 MEDIUM 3 LOW 4 VERYLOW 5 DECLINE 6 HIGH 7 MEDIUM 8 LOW TRUE <100 [100..120[ [120..130] >130 FALSE <80 [80..90] [90..110] >110 Pre-bureau risk category table UC Existing Customer Application Risk Score -amount : Money -amountLimit : Money -facilityType : Enum -id : String -repaymentBy : Date -status : Enum Loan Appliation -address : String -creditRtng : Enum -dateOfBirth : Date -disqualified : Boolean -disqualificationReason : String -firstName : String -id : String -middleInitials : String -proofOfIdSeenBy : StaffId -surname : String -telephone : TelephoneNo Person -annualIncome : Money -employmentRecord : Enum -personalDebt : Integer Financial Profile -endDate : Date -salary : Money -startDate : Date -terminationReason : Enum -workType : Enum Employment -realisationDate : Date -type : Enum -value : Money AssetLiability 0..* -applicant 1 0..1 -guarantor 1..* 1 1 1 0..* 1 0..* Process Data Decision Logic Motivation Organization Department Team Role Role Team Department Organization
- 8. Documented sources Coherent rule groups Ownership, volatility ©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules 7 Decision Models Manage Business Rules Input Data Knowledge Source Decision
- 9. Simplified process models Clear decision models for business users IT-managed Transformation Over-complex process models BRDMS Executable Decisions BRMS Executable Rules BEFORE AFTER Multiple lists and documents about rules Business Rules duplicated Users must navigate unfamiliar repository One set of Business Rules Users link directly from familiar diagram 8©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 10. Many Use Cases Human Decision-making Documenting human decision-making Improving human decision-making with analytics Training human decision-makers Requirements for automated Decision-making Business rules discovery and analysis Framing predictive analytics Dashboard design Implementing automated Decision-making Completely specifying business rules Acting as a BRMS front-end Orchestrating complex decisioning technology ©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules 9
- 11. DMN Support but Not Conformance In general there is a lot of interest in DMN 11 vendors already announced their support for DMN – see the DMN Tools Catalog Others will offer DMN support as DecisionTables were already popular in a majority of BRMSs But Decision Requirements Diagrams support is much less widespread Few if any 100% implementations are “conformant” with DMN 1.0 10©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 13. UServ Product Derby Business Rules vendors competition popular at Business Rules Forums for 10 years Vendors had a chance to demonstrate their product capabilities. Potential users had an opportunity to compare different solutions This year UServ Derby was revived as the Decision Management Challenge 12©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 14. UServ Product Derby The Derby deals with vehicle insurance problems including eligibility and premium calculation policies for a hypothetical insurance company. The problem is described here and deals with the following rules: 13©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 15. UServ Product Derby DMCommunity.org received 7 solution submissions: What did we learn? 14©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 17. Key Observations From The Derby 1. Specification text rather than models 2. Many different decision table formats 3. Decision flows not decision requirement models 4. Interoperability is not happening yet 16©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 18. 17 Specification Text Rather Than Models Original UServ description had some models Data model Process model All the business logic was written as text Dozens of rules Some grouped with like rules Some mixed in large groups Some shown as tables Actually better than most real-world specifications! ©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 19. Many Different Decision Table Formats Each submission used its own decision table style Good News: Decision tables are reasonably easy to read Differences of presentation but not really of core concepts Not impossible to compare and use different formats Bad News: Makes it harder to understand how they would actually work Writing them requires learning the specific tool involved Presentation consistency would improve understanding DMN focuses on tables that can be broadly understood Review: Different tables for “Define Driver Premium” 18©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 20. Define Driver Premium: Specification 19©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 21. Define Driver Premium: DMN 1.0 20©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules Hit Policy (C+=Multi-Hit, Collect) Aggregation Method (+) Domains FEEL Expression Completeness (C)
- 22. Define Driver Premium: OpenRules 21©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules Hit Policy Aggregation Methods
- 23. Define Driver Premium: Progress Corticon 22©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 24. Define Driver Premium: Sapiens 23©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 25. Define Driver Premium: Others More Implementations 24©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 26. 25 Flow v Dependency Rule or Decision Flows DMN Requirements Model ©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules More declarative Less implementation detail
- 27. Interoperability All solutions Used very different decision table formats Had varying approaches to the underlying logic Took a different approach to defining the decision structure At this point it looks impossible to even think about interoperability – the replacement of one UServ implementation with another DMN may offer a solution Common representation of DecisionTables Standardized approach to decision structure Common representation of Decision Requirements Diagrams A standardized interchange format 26©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 28. Some other (minor) observations Many implementations use one diagram for everything but DMN allows reuse across diagrams Some implementations encode logic only in BKMs which more or less doubles the number of objects in a model BKMs allow reuse of logic across multiple decisions But decisions can be reused too Input Data: Fields or Entities? Input Data objects can be individual terms OR business entities Input Data as terms rapidly overwhelms diagrams Even though DMN does not specify how to build a common Glossary, one is clearly required 27©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 29. A DMN-based Executable UServ Decision Model Demo
- 30. DecisionsFirst Modeler + OpenRules DecisionsFirst Modeler Collaborative, social, cloud-based environment Provides a simple yet precise definition of your Decision Requirements Builds a map for your implementation OpenRules® Open Source general purpose Business Rules and Decision Management System Supports Executable Decision Models created by subject matter experts in Excel or Google Docs Validates, deploys, manages, and effectively executes decision models ©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules 29
- 31. Multiple Diagrams for Perspective 30©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 32. Additional Properties and Associations 31©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules Nearest Neighbors Question and Allowed answers Implementation Business Context
- 33. Integration With OpenRules Tables 32©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 34. Improvements and additions to DMN
- 35. Explicitly Defined Business Glossary Most business rules/ decision management tools have a business glossary that defines: Terms (or decision variables) Domains or allowed values for these decision variables Business entities or concepts that group terms or variables Mappings to outside data sources DMN Defines the need for defined Information Items Expects these to be mapped to Decisions and Input Data Does not define much of a standard format for them A standardized Business Glossary that could be exchanged by DMN implementations would be useful 34©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 36. Interoperability An ability to interchange the same decision model between different DMN compliant tools Common visual representation of diagrams and decision tables will allow a user manually transform a decision model from one implementation to another A standardized interchange format (XML/XSD) in DMN 1.1 would allow an automatic transformation of a decision model between different DMN tools What’s needed Fixed XML/XSD definitions A complete example in the standardized interchange format DMN Conformance Test Cases 35©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules
- 37. 36 Simplified Common Constructs Hit Policies Focus on two core types: Single-Hit and Multi-Hit Remove Priority-based tables Consider if Any, First and aggregation types are useful Friendly-Enough Expression Language (FEEL) Refine Simple-FEEL defined on concrete examples Eliminate Range Exclusive confusion [a..b] v ]a..b[ v (a..b) Express Aggregation methods as FEEL operators ©2015 Decision Management Solutions, OpenRules Discuss these and other DMN issues at the special meeting “DMN at BBC“ on Nov. 5 at 5:50PM room: MilanoV Anyone interested in DMN is welcome
- 38. Questions?
- 39. Thank You 38 JamesTaylor james@decisionmanagementsolutions.com www.DecisionsFirst.com Dr Jacob Feldman jacobfeldman@openrules.com www.OpenRules.com Stop by at the OpenRules Booth T2 to see the complete demonstration DMN