Decision Model and Notation
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Decision Model and Notation
Decision Model and Notation (DMN) [1] is a standard published by the Object Management Group on 2014-01-16. Using this standard will ensure that decision models are interchangeable across organizations.
The DMN standard provides the industry with a modeling notation for decision management and business rules. The language is built to be readable by all its users in the business (as declared in chapter 1):
- the business people who manage and monitor the decisions,
- the business analysts or functional analysts who document the initial decision requirements and specify the detailed decision models and decision logic,
- the technical developers responsible for the automation of processes which use the decisions.
The DMN standard is complementary to the BPMN standard. The BPMN defines a special kind of activity, the Business Rule Task, which "provides a mechanism for the process to provide input to a business rule engine and to get the output of calculations that the business rule engine might provide"[2]. Together, BPMN and DMN may be used to more efficiently build process models [3], the two standards are seen as mutually reinforcing each other[4].
Benefits of using DMN
Using the DMN standard is conceived as improving business process management, since
- other popular requirement management techniques such as BPMN [5] and UML do not handle decision making
- growth of projects using business rule management systems[6], which allow faster changes [7]
- it facilitates better communications between business, IT and analytic roles in a company [8]
Tools
The DMN standard is fairly young, but there are already several tools supporting the DMN notation.
- Decision First Modeler by Decision Management Solutions
- OpenRules
- SMARTS Pencil by Sparkling Logic
More and more companies start to support DMN in their tools [9], e.g. Signavio, FlexRule and IBM.
References
- ^ OMG standard "Decision Model and Notation (DMN)", current version
- ^ OMG standard "BPMN", current version
- ^ Debevoise, Tom; Taylor, James; Sinur, Jim; Geneva, Rick (October 10, 2014). The MicroGuide to Process and Decision Modeling in BPMN/DMN: Building More Effective Processes by Integrating Process Modeling with Decision Modeling. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 252. ISBN 9781502789648.
- ^ Purchase, Jan (January 5, 2015). "Book Review: Process and Decision Modeling in BPMN/DMN". Decision Management for Finance Blog. Lux Magi Ltd. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ Presentation by James Taylor, BPMN and DMN - Simplify BPM with Decision Management
- ^ Mann, Stephanie. "Business rules management: Tools, techniques for success". ebizq.net, The Insider's Guide to Next-Generation BPM. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ Discovering the Decisions within Your Business Processes using IBM Blueworks Live, Publisher IBM Redbooks, 2014, ISBN 0738453579
- ^ Ronen, Gil; Feldman, Jacob. "Decision models using dmn and bpmn standards: mortgage recommender". Slideshare. OpenRules.
- ^ decisionmanagementcommunity. "More Vendors Announced DMN Support". Decision Management Community. www.DMcommunity.org. Retrieved 2015-02-24.