Decisions Blog

Refactoring an Application – Beginning with Rules

by Gordon Jones, on 9/19/2019

We’ve all been there. You have a legacy application that has slowly morphed over time, showing increasing signs of complexity, and has finally hit the breaking point. Each subsequent change seems to take forever and half the time something else breaks in the process. Rewriting the application has been on your budgetary wish list each […] Read More

Do You Need a Business Rules Engine?

by Gordon Jones, on 9/16/2019

Since you are reading this blog post, it’s likely that you already know what a rules engine is. For those that don’t, a rule engine separates business logic from an application and exposes that logic in a graphical designer that allow business people to create, edit or understand the business rules associated with a business […] Read More

Decisions Helps NYC Dept of Social Services & National Cancer Institute Match Resources to People in Need

by Bobby Gilliland, on 9/5/2019

Companies today are laser-focused on things like growing market share, ensuring customer satisfaction, increasing profit margins, enhancing product functionality, and maintaining customer retention. These are all important facets to running a successful business, and Decisions is no exception. But sometimes you get the opportunity to be a part of something that transcends the aforementioned […] Read More

Recognizing (too much) Complexity

by Gordon Jones, on 8/28/2019

I recently purchased a book that I would highly recommend to anyone building software. It’s titled “A Philosophy of Software Design” by John Ousterhout and I plan to write blog posts for the next month using topics raised within. The book starts off with a practical definition of complexity which states that complexity is anything […] Read More

Data Validation with Rule Sets

by Gordon Jones, on 6/11/2019

Garbage in, garbage out was first uttered by an IBM employee back in 1965 and this computer science term is just as valid today as it was nearly 55 years ago. In fact, we are swimming in more data today than ever, which is created from new software applications and IOT devices that add to […] Read More

Why your ERP system needs Workflow

by Gordon Jones, on 6/3/2019

I talk regularly with clients who have invested heavily in expensive ERP systems but are not satisfied with the level of automation they have been able to achieve. I can totally relate to this, as I spent about 10 years of my life implementing these systems. When the project was finally completed it was seriously […] Read More

Decisions User Interface Options

by Gordon Jones, on 4/1/2019

When it comes to user interface (UI) design – opinions can be strong. This is particularly true when your application is customer facing. And like most things in Decisions, there is more than one way to get a page to look the way you want it to. In this blog post I want to point […] Read More

Thinking about AI and Rules

by Gordon Jones, on 3/25/2019

There was a very interesting article this past week in New Scientist magazine titled “The best image-recognition AI’s are fooled by slightly rotated images.” Do read the whole thing. This article touches on one of my favorite topics, which is how to think about AI and rules in the context of a business application. […] Read More

Coming in Version 6 – Docker Container Support

by Gordon Jones, on 3/5/2019

We are continuing to shake down our Version 6 release and it is undergoing final QA testing while I write this blog post. One of the key features in this release is the support for Docker Containers, which has been a much-asked about feature that we are excited to launch. This feature comes about as […] Read More

RPA and/or BPM?

by Gordon Jones, on 2/4/2019

RPA is all the rage at the moment and not a day goes by where I don’t hear that a prospective client is investigating RPA tools. I have to take my hat off to the RPA vendors for some clever marketing and pricing strategies. By calling (workflows) them robots or bots, it has brought to […] Read More

Optimize Your Supply Chain with Decisions

by James Davidson, on 1/9/2019

Given the flexible nature of Decisions, our customers have used our platform for a whole range of different use cases across many different industries. One area that is growing in use, is Supply Chain Management. Whether managing inventory, coordinating purchases, controlling master data, or optimizing logistics, Decisions has tools available to squeeze value out of […] Read More

35,000 Daily Decisions

by Gordon Jones, on 12/27/2018

It is estimated that the average American adult makes somewhere in the neighborhood of 35,000 decisions every day. For sure most of these decisions are quite mundane, such as which pair of socks you put on and then which foot you choose to “sock” first. However, from a business context this means that your employees, […] Read More

Version Control in Decisions

by James Davidson, on 12/20/2018

One of the most common topics that our customers ask about, is the ability to manage different versions of projects in Decisions. Whether you’re looking to manage different versions of rules, workflows or entire projects, there are several options for doing this in Decisions. History, Documentation & Checkpoints Perhaps the easiest way to manage versions […] Read More

Getting Started with Decisions

by James Davidson, on 10/1/2018

Choosing a software vendor can be a stressful task as you want to make sure whichever supplier you pick can truly deliver the value that you’re looking for. At Decisions there is nothing more important to us than customer satisfaction and we want to ensure you receive the value that you expect, before you ever […] Read More

Beyond & Beside Loan Origination Systems

by Gordon Jones, on 9/24/2018

Our latest white paper has been released and although the title is a bit long, the key message is actually found in the first two words of the title: Beyond & Beside. Let me explain. You could say that what is happening in the Loan Origination Software space is happening in nearly every business software […] Read More

Navigating the Storm with Business Rules

by James Davidson, on 9/13/2018

Automating processes in an unpredictable world can be difficult at best. Similar to planning for the approach of a deadly storm, we try to make decisions that will put us in the best possible position no matter the outcome. With Hurricane Florence headed for the coast of Virginia and our head office located squarely in […] Read More