ANALYZING OPERATIONAL RESULTS USING RULE-BASED POLICY MODELS

摘要

Methods, systems, and products that execute modeled business controls (244) on a modeled input work item (246) to generate a corresponding modeled output work item (248). Input data values included in the modeled input work item either match or approximate corresponding values included in a corresponding actual input work item (214). Each modeled business control (244) is defined by business rules that represent a business policy (220), and the business rules and the input data values of the modeled input work item (246) are used to generate the modeled output work item (248). An actual output work item (216) from a business process (210) is compared to the modeled output work item (248). The actual output work item (216) includes actual output data values. The business process (210) changes the actual input work item (214) into the actual output work item (216). The modeled output work item (248) includes modeled output data values. Differences between the actual and modeled output work items are reported.