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Rules: Shaping Behavior and Knowledge

Rules: Shaping Behavior and Knowledge
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This book is about rules for groups and communities of people (including their data). The goal? Shaping behavior and communicating business knowledge,not simply mimicking human intelligence. It’s exactly what you need for governance, traceability, and the human touch so often missing in digital solutions. Here’s your guide to real-world rules in business and government.

Rules are not actions and not processes. Nor are they instructions or commands. Rules are something else, something special. Confusion abounds about what rules are. What makes a statement special when you call it a rule? What restrictions does that place on how the statement is expressed? What special opportunities does it raise? These are crucial questions, some of the most fundamental you can ask. Time for a fresh look. Rules are almost certainly not what you think they are. And that lack of understanding is holding us back, especially as AI becomes more prominent.

Who This Book Is For

  • Policy Expert, Legislative Drafter, Rule Analyst, Decision Analyst
  • Regulator, Compliance Officer, Legal Staff, Contract Drafter
  • Business Analyst, Product Owner
  • Data Quality/Governance Professional
  • Business Process Professional
  • System Analyst, Software Developer

This Book Shows How To:

  • Create better rules
  • Insert sentiment, human discretion, and common sense into real-time business activity
  • Express data constraints in natural language
  • Distinguish rules vs requirements
  • Communicate guidance clearly and completely and reduce ambiguity
  • Interpret policy into practicable rules ready to deploy
  • Bridge the gap between laws, regulations, and contracts and automation
  • Address problems in data quality
  • Disseminate knowledge in real time
  • Improve your governance processes

 

  • Policy Expert, Legislative Drafter, Rule Analyst, Decision Analyst
  • Regulator, Compliance Officer, Legal Staff, Contract Drafter
  • Business Analyst, Product Owner
  • Data Quality/Governance Professional
  • Business Process Professional
  • System Analyst, Software Developer

COMMENTS

SprunkiRetake posted on Friday, September 26, 2025 3:35 AM
This is really a meaningful book for readers, it would be great if everyone could apply it in practice!
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