Who should attend
- Experienced enterprise Java developers who are familiar with service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles and JBoss ESB
- Enterprise SOA architects with some Java development experience and knowledge of JBoss ESB
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites to take this exam but it is recommended that an individual take Implementing Red Hat JBoss BRMS (JB465).
This course is a combination of Authoring Rules with Red Hat JBoss BRMS (JB461) and Developing with Red Hat JBoss BRMS (JB463)
Course Objectives
To help you prepare, review the exam objectives which highlights the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance.
Business Rules
Candidates should be able to perform the tasks listed below:
Designing Business Rules
- Creating and using an intermediate drools model with associated facts
- Organizing rules and managing facts
- Understanding and using effective rule design patterns
Authoring
- Basic rulesCalendars Decision tables
- Rule templates
- DSL
Conflict Resolution
- Prioritizing and ordering rule execution
- Grouping rules
- Using rule flow groups
Session Management
- Building common object
- Stateless kie session
- Stateful kie session
- Adding, removing and updating facts
Testing and Maintenance
- Creating effective test scenarios
- Identifying potential issues including poorly designed rules
Performance
- Understanding the impacts of different rule designs and implementations
- Identifying and avoiding common, inefficient results such as cartesian products
Administration
- Deploying and managing rules
- Creating and using snapshots
Product Description
Red Hat® Certificate of Expertise in Business Rules exam is a performance-based exam. Individuals who earn the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Business Rules have demonstrated the skills and knowledge to implement and manage business logic using Red Hat JBoss BRMS.
IT professionals taking this exam will be asked to perform a number of tasks, ranging in complexity from implementing very simple business rules using decision tables, to creating relatively complex business logic flows that require the use of conflict resolution techniques to ensure that the various rules fire in the correct order. Candidates are then evaluated on how well their implementations meet objective criteria such as producing a specific output given a specific set of inputs.
Familiarize yourself with the tools, environment, and requirements of the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Business Rules exam.
This exam is based on Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.3.