Role: Rule Analyst
The Rule Analyst is responsible for putting in place the rule approach and the rule stewardship. He is responsible for the execution of the rule management process, and helps extract and write the business rules.
Role Sets: Business Rules Development
Relationships

Build Rule Project StructureBuild Test ScenariosDefine Business Policy Change TemplatesDefine Data Scenarios to Test RuleDefine Discovery RoadmapDetermine Rule ImplementationExecute Rule Discovery RoadmapExtract Rule MeaningGet SME FeedbackIdentify Decision PointsMaintain RulesPrototype RulesReview Decision Point Table, Business Process Map, Use Case ModelSynchronize Data ModelsTransform RulesBusiness Terms GlossaryConceptual Data ModelDecision Point TableFact ModelLogical Data ModelRule Description DocumentRule Discovery RoadmapRule Discovery Workshop ItineraryRule Life CycleRule Meta PropertiesRuleset TableRule_Analyst
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    Main Description

    A Rule Analyst is a special business analyst with a strong knowledge of how a business rule application runs and how to do rule programming. In his day to day work he is helping the business team to turn business policy into rules, but also helps to clearly define the business view, or fact model, for developers to implement.

    He acts as a bridge between the business side and technical side of an application, translating business policy into a formal specification (model) for developers, then validates it with the different business managers. With the IT developer he/she will share the definition of the vocabulary used in rules, then he captures, writes, and organizes business logic into business rules.

    In rule-based project his direct involvement includes at least the following activities

    • Identifies business sponsors for issues relating to business rules.
    • Maintain traceability from the business policies to the executable business rules.
    • Assists business in identifying existing business rules.
    • Researches the meaning and origin of the business rules
    • Create rule templates for rule writers and analyst
    • Analyze rules for completeness, correctness, optimization (from a logical, not performance, perspective)
    • Identify how rules are used in processes that implement business policies
    • Ensure the quality of the business rules
    • Ensure that consistent terminology is used in the business rules in order to build a common vocabulary and a domain data model
    • Analyze business rules to identify conflicts, redundancies
    • Ensure consistency of business rules across functions, geographies and systems
    • Conduct impact analysis for revision or replacement of business rules
    • Integrate new or revised rules into existing rule set
    • Make recommendations for business rule changes based on business knowledge
    • Facilitate resolution of business rules issues
    • Act as consultant for the project team
    • Act as a liaison between business and IT
    Staffing
    Skills

    He knows how a rule engine works, how to design a conceptual data model, how to do the rule discovery and analysis activities. So analyst per formation, he needs to understand rule programming and the boolean logic.

    He needs to be

    · Analytical

    · Business domain knowledge

    · Creative thinking

    · Effective communicator

    · Problem-solving ability

    · Proficient with rule authoring environment

    · Writing


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