James Taylor is a leading thinker on the emerging area of Enterprise Decision Management

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James regularly briefs members of the media, other thought leaders and industry analysts. This category lists articles containing significant quotes given by James and used online or in print unless they relate purely to a corporate press release.

Follow the Rules

AIIMFollow the Rules in AIIM E-DOC Magazine

An article on better management of how business rules are made and who makes them, combined with a more holistic approach to systems, injects agility into the enterprise in which James is extensively quoted.

What Constitutes Cutting-Edge AUS?

morttechlogoJames is quoted in “What Constitutes Cutting-Edge AUS?” by Scott Kersnar in Mortgage Technology. The article discusses automated underwriting systems and what constitutes “cutting edge”.

Making Decisions Automatic

Software MagazineRobyn White writes about Enterprise Decision Management and how it combines proactive business intelligence rules with a predictive model to automate decisions. James is quoted and provided a key background briefing for the article.

Rules-Based Systems Call the Plays

Mortgage TechnologyJames is quoted in “Rules-Based Systems Call the Plays” by Scott Kersnar in Mortgage Technology. The articles discusses if today’s lender dare even play the mortgage lending game without a business rules management system.

BPM – The Human Touch

CBRJason Stamper quotes James on business/IT collaboration in this article on BPM.

Decision Support Software Matures

Health Data ManagementIn an article on how technology helps users process key clinical and administrative data to improve care and reduce costs, Bill Briggs of Health Data Management quotes James.
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Proponents Push Business Rules, But Programmers Aren’t Buying, Yet

ADTJames is quoted in “Proponents Push Business Rules, But Programmers Aren’t Buying, Yet” by Stephen Swoyer. The article discusses how there’s a good chance programmers already are using business rules in the form of proto-rules in their environments and how business rules advocates often promise that the technology will eliminate much of the rote or otherwise tedious maintenance and production support. He goes on to discuss how programmers often have good reason to resist the transition to a business rules-based approach because the impetus usually comes from the line of business.

Enterprise Analytics

Teradata MagazineJames is quoted extensively In this Teradata Report on Enterprise Analytics. The report defines Enterprise Analytics and how it can benefit organizations. It includes quotes from industry analysts from several companies as well as James.

The Business Rules Approach—a Zero-Sum Game?

ADTJames is quoted in “The Business Rules Approach—a Zero-Sum Game?” by Stephen Swoyer in Application Development Trends. The article discusses how proponents stress that the business rules approach isn’t a zero-sum proposition for developers, and to the extent that few companies today embrace business rules without also involving IT, this is true.

Trend: End-User Application Development with Business Rules

Enterprise SystemsJames is quoted in “Trend: End-User Application Development with Business Rules” in Enterprise Systems. The article by Stephen Swoyer discusses how the business rules approach is gaining ground—and has proven successful in the most unlikely of environments: long-time mainframe shops.