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.

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.

You Say Metric, I Say Distraction

Intelligent EnterpriseA short article in Intelligent Enterprise talking about how metrics help, but you can’t improve performance unless you know why. James is quoted.

Data Analysis as the Deciding Factor

SD TimesAn article in SD Times talking about how businesses need to automate their decisions to raise productivity and about Fair Isaac’s overall strategy - Enterprise Decision Management (EDM). This is one of the earliest mentions of EDM.

Business Week - Business Intelligence Supplement

Business WeekJames is quoted in an advertising supplement to Business Week. Although it was a paid piece, Fair Isaac was not a sponsor and James is quoted as an expert.

BusinessWeek11-24-03.pdf