Business rules management system (BRMS) is a software tools that work alongside enterprise IT applications. It enables enterprises to automate decision-making processes typically consisting of separate business rules authoring and rules execution applications.

This proposed title brings together the following key ideas in modern enterprise system development best practice.

• The need for service-oriented architecture (SOA).
• How the former depends on component-based development (CBD).
• Database-centred approaches to business rules (inc. GUIDES).
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