T2P: Truth to Power - Business Rule

What Is Truth to Power?

dedicated to bridging the gaps between governance and practice, technology and business, regulation and control, risk management and real market pressures, and your own knowledge and the knowledge of your peers.

[+] An open forum and community...

built to create a common pool of knowledge—one big brain—that lets you work more efficiently, build technology and business practices more effectively, and endure audits more effortlessly.

[+] A plexus nexus...

a neutral hub through which you can reach many valuable information nodes, resource collections, and organizations that are helping people like you already, but in fractured ways.

[+] A rebellion...

against the idea that auditors, analysts, and consultancies can control information simply through their ability to collect and distill it. T2P's goal is to unlock the vast body of knowledge, insight, and conventional wisdom that we all have, make it freely available to you, and help you digest and interpret it—without undue cost, bias, or hype.

Feel the Power

Glossary of terms used in the Open IT Policy Project

All A B C D E F G I L O P R S T V W

Term	Definition
Business Rule	A business rule is an atomic unit of executable, reusable business logic specified declaratively, and which can be called from a conventional application, a composite application or business process. Governance and Risk Management Implications Business rules improve governance by helping organizations simplify applications and break down silos using a centralized rules repository that all applications can access. Rules provide a natural mechanism for enforcing compliance requirements, which can be specified using rules.

Term

Definition

Business Rule

A business rule is an atomic unit of executable, reusable business logic specified declaratively, and which can be called from a conventional application, a composite application or business process.

Governance and Risk Management Implications

Business rules improve governance by helping organizations simplify applications and break down silos using a centralized rules repository that all applications can access. Rules provide a natural mechanism for enforcing compliance requirements, which can be specified using rules.

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T2P RECOMMENDS:

AuditNet is an online portal for auditors. Created and run by the venerable Jim Kaplan, the organization's mission is to develop a complete "utility" for audit-related information, products, and services.

T2P RECOMMENDS:

The BeyeNETWORK provides resources and professional community support for business intelligence, performance management, data warehousing, data integration and data quality.

T2P RECOMMENDS:

The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) is a powerful research and guidance organization focusing on audit principles and processes for business and IT functions. IIA guidance related to information control includes the Global Technology Audit Guide (GTAG) series and the Guide to the Assessment of IT Risk (GAIT) series.