Test 000-400: IBM WebSphere Operational Decision Management V8.0 Application Development

The test consists of six sections containing a total of 51 multiple-choice questions. The percentages after each section title reflect the approximate distribution of the total question set across the sections. 

Section 1 - Rule Design and Development (25%)

1. Design and create rule projects.
2. Design and implement an Execution Object Model (XOM) and Business Object Model (BOM).
3. Construct ruleset parameters and variables.
4. Organize rules and develop ruleflows.
5. Author appropriate rule artifacts (e.g., action rules, decision tables, decision trees, templates).
6. Update and refactor XOM and BOM.

Section 2 - Rule Validation (18%)

1. Interpreting analysis of rule artifacts for consistency and completeness.
2. Configure rule projects for Decision Validation Services (DVS) testing.
3. Validate rule artifacts with DVS scenario testing and simulation.
4. Perform troubleshooting and debug rule execution.
5. Construct queries for searching.
6. Create rule reports.

Section 3 - Rule Deployment and Governance (22%)

1. Configure rule project security and role-based permissions.
2. Implement rule governance and life-cycle customization.
3. Use branching, merging and baselines.
4. Synchronize rules (e.g., Rule Designer, Decision Center and Rule Solutions for Office (RSO), Source Code
5. Control (SCC) ) .
6. Create and deploy RuleApps using Rule Designer and Decision Center.
7. Manage RuleApps in the Rule Execution Server (RES) console.
8. Automate the build and deployment of RuleApps.

Section 4 - Rule Execution and Application Integration (12%)

1. Identify appropriate rule execution approach based on application architecture.
2. Implement rule execution code.
3. Package rule applications (i.e., standalone Java SE, RES Java SE, RES Java EE).
4. Configure the Decision Warehouse monitoring and filter options.

Section 5 - Rule Application Performance Tuning (10%)

1. Select appropriate rule execution mode (e.g., algorithm, exit criteria).
2. Tune Rule Execution Server (RES) performance.
3. Tune Decision Center performance.

Section 6 - Customization of Business User Experience (14%)

1. Construct rule authoring customizations (e.g., dynamic domains, value editors).
2. Create custom DVS scenario providers.
3. Implement DVS Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
4. Perform customization of Decision Center GUI.
5. Construct custom rule reports.
6. Implement a rule model extension.