Guides

This section provides conceptual, architectural, and practical guidance for building, operating, and evolving decision and process automation systems. Guides focus on when and why to apply patterns, not just how to configure them.

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Featured Guides

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Drools 7 End-of-Life Enterprise What You Need to Know Guide

Architectural, operational, and governance implications of migrating from distributions of Drools 7 to community Drools 10. Essential reading for enterprise architects and platform owners. Read the What You Need to Know Guide

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Best Practices for Enterprise Decision Automation

Design, testing, and governance patterns for long-lived decision systems. Best Practices

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Decision Modeling

Build and deploy decision services using DMN and visual modeling tools.

• DMN Overview
• Introduction to DMN
• Basic DMN Examples
• Advanced DMN Modeling

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Rules Development

Create business rules using DRL and decision tables.

• Getting Started with DRL
• Decision Tables
• DRL Examples

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Process Development

Design and implement process workflows with BPMN.

• Rules Orchestration Lab
• SAGA Pattern
• Event-Driven Architecture Lab
• BPMN Examples

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Industry Use Cases

Domain-specific patterns and real-world applications.

• Browse Use Cases

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Looking for architectural explanations? See the Architecture section.