Using object role modeling for effective in-house decision support systems

• Authors: Eric John Pierson;Necito dela Cruz
• Venue: OTM'05 Proceedings of the 2005 OTM Confederated international conference on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems
• Year: 2005

This is a practical application article that illustrates how Guidant Corporation, a medical device manufacturer of cardiac rhythm management (CRM) devices, utilizes Object Role Modeling (ORM). While some business environments allow only lip service to be paid to best practices, the cardiac rhythm management industry does not have room for error. These medical devices control the heart – lives depend on them. This article discusses Guidant’s use of ORM as a best practice to document the business data rules and establish them as the “single point of truth” across the spectrum of decision support system (DSS) activities.