| Sharp Informatics has
developed a rule based system that offers dramatic improvements
in the abilities of corporations and small businesses to operate
all aspects of their business. This rule based system provides
for the precise capture of all business requirements in a mathematical
format that can be directly interpreted by programmers implementing
information systems or documented in policy and procedure manuals.
These dramatic improvements are achieved through stating the business
rules in structured natural language sentences that all involved
managers and technical experts can understand, validate, and then
formally approve. This analysis procedure, when used by a trained
analyst, generates a set of readable requirements that specify
a set of integrated tasks such as production control of manufactured
parts or validating compliance with Medicare regulations.
The mathematics based procedure documents
all knowledge required by the task, identifies and resolves conflicts
among competing objectives, and eliminates miscommunication among
managers, technical experts, and computer programmers. Supporting
applications are created based on a precise design specification
that is similar in function to a set of engineering drawings for
a manufactured part. The precisely defined requirements allow
applications or manuals to be created correctly the first time
and the work tasks (e.g. production control or Medicare compliance)
operate exactly as they were designed. The costs involved in programming
ill-specified requirements (programs that are never used, continual
rework as requirements are uncovered, programs that are not maintainable
because of the number of changes that have been incorporated,
and programs that are finished - but do not meet necessary requirements)
can be drastically reduced when precise specifications are created
using the Natural Language Modeling procedure.
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