VISION XL Rules Demo: Business Rules in Excel demo

This model shows one way to simulate business rules using Microsoft Excel. As the user enters data into the IF fields at the top left, the rules fire and display the correct answers in the THEN fields at the bottom left.  In this case, the end user can test, verify, and simulate the business rules before handing them over to IT for programming into the BRE or legacy programming language.

The sample decision tree on the right is an image that was pasted in from Visio. The rules on this tree were programmed into Excel (you don't see the rules on this screen print). You can see the results or the output of those rules as the user fills in the answers at the top. 

This RuleMap™ was demonstrated at October Rules Fest 2008 in Dallas, TX.