Decisions Blog

Recognizing (too much) Complexity

by Gordon Jones, on August 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 …

Data Validation with Rule Sets

by Gordon Jones, on June 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 …

Why your ERP system needs Workflow

by Gordon Jones, on June 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 …

Decisions User Interface Options

by Gordon Jones, on April 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 …

Thinking about AI and Rules

by Gordon Jones, on March 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 …

Coming in Version 6 – Docker Container Support

by Gordon Jones, on March 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 …

RPA and/or BPM?

by Gordon Jones, on February 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 …

Optimize Your Supply Chain with Decisions

by James Davidson, on January 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.  …

35,000 Daily Decisions

by Gordon Jones, on December 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 …

Version Control in Decisions

by James Davidson, on December 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, …

Getting Started with Decisions

by James Davidson, on October 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 …

Beyond & Beside Loan Origination Systems

by Gordon Jones, on September 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 …

Navigating the Storm with Business Rules

by James Davidson, on September 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 …

Business Rules and Digital Transformation

by Gordon Jones, on June 29, 2018
Gartner recently released an interesting tech note discussing the increase in interest for business rules management systems. Here is a link to the article and I’d recommend that you read the whole thing. The article …

Noisy Decisions

by Gordon Jones, on June 25, 2018
I was reading one of my favorite economics blogs recently (marginalrevolution.com) and came across a link to a Harvard Business Review article by Daniel Kahneman, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002. The …

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