Developing Rule Solutions in IBM Operational Decision Manager V8.8

An updated version of this course is available. For more information, click Developing Rule Solutions in IBM Operational Decision Manager V8.9 (WB400G).
This course is also available as self-paced virtual (e-learning) course Developing Rule Solutions in IBM Operational Decision Manager V8.8 (ZB395G). This option does not require any travel.
This course introduces developers to IBM Operational Decision Manager V8.8. You learn the concepts and skills that you need to design, develop, and integrate a business rule solution with Operational Decision Manager.
The course begins with an overview of Operational Decision Manager, which is composed of two main environments: Decision Server for technical users and Decision Center for business users. The course outlines the collaboration between development and business teams during project development. Through instructor-led presentations and hands-on lab exercises, you learn about the core features of Decision Server, which is the primary working environment for developers. You design a business rule application, and work with the object models that are required to author and execute rule artifacts. You gain experience with rule deployment and execution within various types of client applications. You work extensively with Rule Execution Server and learn how you can integrate decision services within an enterprise environment.
In addition, you become familiar with rule authoring so that you can support business users to set up and customize the rule authoring and validation environments. You also learn how to use Operational Decision Manager features to support decision governance.

Nach Abschluss dieses Seminars haben die Teilnehmer Wissen zu folgenden Themen:

• Describe the benefits of implementing a decision management solution with Operational Decision Manager
• Identify the key user roles that are involved in designing and developing a decision management solution, and the tasks that are associated with each role
• Describe the development process of building a business rule application and the collaboration between business and development teams
• Set up and customize the business object model (BOM) and vocabulary for rule authoring
• Implement the execution object model (XOM) that enables rule execution
• Orchestrate rule execution through ruleflows
• Author rule artifacts to implement business policies
• Debug business rule applications to ensure that the implemented business logic is error-free
• Set up the testing and simulation environment for business users
• Package and deploy decision services to testing and production environments
• Integrate decision services for managed execution within an enterprise environment
• Build client applications to invoke ruleset execution
• Test, monitor, and audit execution of decision services
• Work with Operational Decision Manager features that support decision governance, including the decision governance framework for decision services

• This course is designed for application developers.

• Experience with the Java programming language and object-oriented concepts
• Knowledge of Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE)
• Basic knowledge of Extensible Markup Language (XML)

1. Course introduction
2. Introducing IBM Operational Decision Manager V8.8
3. Exercise: Operational Decision Manager in action
4. Operational Decision Manager: Business rules
5. Exercise: Setting up decision services
6. Programming with business rules
7. Developing object models
8. Exercise: Working with the BOM
9. Exercise: Refactoring
10. Orchestrating ruleset execution
11. Exercise: Working with ruleflows
12. Authoring rules
13. Exercise: Exploring action rules
14. Exercise: Authoring action rules
15. Exercise: Authoring decision tables and decision trees
16. Customizing rule vocabulary with categories and domains
17. Exercise: Working with static domains
18. Exercise: Working with dynamic domains
19. Working with queries
20. Exercise: Working with queries
21. Debugging rules
22. Exercise: Executing rules locally
23. Exercise: Debugging a ruleset
24. Enabling tests and simulations
25. Exercise: Enabling tests and simulations
26. Managing deployment
27. Exercise: Managing deployment
28. Executing rules with Rule Execution Server
29. Exercise: Exploring the Rule Execution Server console
30. Exercise: Executing rules with Rule Execution Server in Java EE
31. Exercise: Executing rules as a hosted transparent decision service (HTDS)
32. Auditing and monitoring ruleset execution
33. Exercise: Auditing ruleset execution through Decision Warehouse
34. Working with the REST API
35. Exercise: Working with the REST API
36. Introducing decision governance
37. Course summary