Issue 16005: Incomplete Application of Closed Issue 10113 - Actionable to Practicable (bmm-rtf) Source: Business Rule Solutions, LLC (Mr. Ron Ross, rross(at)brsolutions.com) Nature: Uncategorized Issue Severity: Summary: Description The very first sentence of the resolution to closed issue 10113 says: "The resolution is: · To align BMM definitions of 'directive' and 'business rule' with corresponding definitions in SBVR, using "practicable" and "directly enforceable" instead of "actionable". ..." I find two instances of "practicable", both in the current definition of business rule: business rule Definition directive that is practicable Note ‘Practicable’ means that a person who understands a directive could observe a relevant situation (including his or her own behavior) and recognize directly whether or not the business was complying with that directive. It looks like to me, the voted resolution of Issue 10113 was simply not propagated to the remainder of the text. I find 10 instances of the word "actionable". All seem to be in explanatory text, not definitions. Here is one example in section 8.2.9. This text is in exact contradiction with the definition above. Business Policies provide broader governance or guidance that is not directly actionable. Business Rules provide specific, actionable governance or guidance to implement Business Policies. 'Actionable’ means that a person who understands a Business Rule could observe a relevant situation (including his or her own behavior) and decide directly whether or not the business was complying with the rule. Proposed Resolution: Change all 10 instances of "actionable" to "practicable". Resolution: Revised Text: Actions taken: January 31, 2011: received issue Discussion: End of Annotations:===== hoo-SMTP: MhfrpU2swBDLgYiYhNQDHBu0cE4o.vu2We1FRN9o X-YMail-OSG: iYLENecVM1mGSHan_6NJRMbd9so6YuosusgMcsHaCGeDEQp vaV_KTFYfyR5H9BadEtBI0L11JkNlOl2FpCy7wZEro48g3RSHFbyWCxf_gPF tr.BAsbS9lxV738kP3A5BRksAXoKFBoNCWm3uFo8qJ_bBji5_uYRaW56zr5s uFG_JyVgYsyDvfyJpZoJtVioUfJqQa5nhW2E7UNOca5cdVLk4cSQo6AgviIn QEGZ4CfizG5LdQTWOSvQRH7VJw6mWE5.5ztAv4tMvmE0LD2BZ_rvJjsDrKyv b0fnDEgPQrmR_QGed7w98EqUfmLwZMVxaA1SRbfeO7E_e1IqhbrJJRzObLg- - X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:18:42 -0600 To: Juergen Boldt From: "Ronald G. Ross" Subject: *New Issue* [Re: [Issue 10113] Fwd: [BMM] RTF completion - error in summary document] Juergen, Please post the following new issue for the BMM RTF. Thanks, Ron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Issue: Incomplete Application of Closed Issue 10113 - Actionable to Practicable Description The very first sentence of the resolution to closed issue 10113 says: "The resolution is: · To align BMM definitions of 'directive' and 'business rule' with corresponding definitions in SBVR, using "practicable" and "directly enforceable" instead of "actionable". ..." I find two instances of "practicable", both in the current definition of business rule: business rule Definition directive that is practicable Note .Practicable. means that a person who understands a directive could observe a relevant situation (including his or her own behavior) and recognize directly whether or not the business was complying with that directive. It looks like to me, the voted resolution of Issue 10113 was simply not propagated to the remainder of the text. I find 10 instances of the word "actionable". All seem to be in explanatory text, not definitions. Here is one example in section 8.2.9. This text is in exact contradiction with the definition above. Business Policies provide broader governance or guidance that is not directly actionable. Business Rules provide specific, actionable governance or guidance to implement Business Policies. 'Actionable. means that a person who understands a Business Rule could observe a relevant situation (including his or her own behavior) and decide directly whether or not the business was complying with the rule. Proposed Resolution: Change all 10 instances of "actionable" to "practicable".