Elements of Business Rule Management: Rule Repository

Rules not only need to be created but also need to be managed. The management of business rules answers questions like these:

• When was it changed?
• Who changed it?
• Why was it changed?
• What did it look like at any point of its history?
• What state is the rule in?
• Can I checkout and test the next version of the rule?

The Decisions platform includes an integrated rule repository where business rules can be:

• Checked out
• Versioned
• Managed by release state (production, hotfix, development, qa)
• Reverted to prior versions
• etc

The rule repository is critical as it forms the ‘database’ of rules, in all versions. Without a comprehensive repository its impossible to track the progression of rules or look back at the what the logic/processes were at any given stage.

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