James Taylor & Jan Purchase 
Real-World Decision Modeling with DMN [EPUB ebook] 
Effective Communication of Decision-Making

Preface To The Second Edition

Why Write This Book?

This Book In Context

Who Should Read This Book

The Value Of Decision Management And Decision Modeling

How And When To Apply Decision Modeling

Introduction To The DMN Decision Modeling Standard

Business Context

The Decision Modeling And Notation (DMN) Standard

Glossary

Integration With Other Models

Advanced Business Decision Modeling In DMN

Methodology Overview

Dispelling Some Common Misconceptions

Core Best Practices

Advanced Best Practices

Patterns, Anti-Patterns And Approaches

Examples

Establishing A Decision Modeling Practice

Appendix A. Glossary And Resources

Appendix B. Feel Reference

About The Authors

Jan Purchase has been working in investment banking for 25 years, the last 20 of which he has focused exclusively on the use of business decisions, decision modeling (in DMN), business rules and the integration of artificial intelligence (including machine learning) with business decisions. He is a founder of Lux Magi Ltd, a company specializing in delivering the benefits of these concepts to financial organizations, as well as providing training and mentoring in their use. Lux Magi has applied decision modeling and artificial intelligence to automate financial compliance, insurance pricing, capital markets risk management and environmental monitoring. In 2021, Lux Magi was one of the first companies to pioneer the integration of large language models and decision modeling for corporate fact checking. Jan has maintained a blog ‘Decision Management for Finance’ since 2010, highlighting the practical lessons learned from applying decision modeling and machine learning at scale and providing useful feedback to clients and vendor partners. He has published many white papers, hosted multiple webinars and chaired public coaching sessions on the application of decision modeling and artificial intelligence to problems in finance.