IBM is named a leader in The Forrester Wave™: AI Decisioning Platforms, Q2 2023
Overview
What is IBM® Operational Decision Manager?
IBM Operational Decision Manager, available standalone and as part of IBM Cloud Pak® for Business Automation, helps you analyze, automate and govern rules-based business decisions. The solution can authorize a loan, decide on promotional offers or detect a cross-sell opportunity with high precision and customization.
Benefits
Improve effectiveness
Detect and adapt quickly to market changes: adjust customer experience, update loyalty programs, or create more personalized and contextual offers. Increase decision speed and reliability.
Improve efficiency

Run business operations faster, consistently and at scale. Automate approvals, process claims, onboard employees and clients faster, reduce noncompliance costs and prevent credit losses.
Manage compliance
Support auditing and compliance with documented proof of how decisions were made. Change policies quickly as regulations evolve. Drive consistency and detect fraud
systematically.
Introducing IBM Operational Decision Manager 8.11.1
Featured case study
An unattended, transatlantic journey
On 4 June 2022, a crewless robotic boat reached the shores of North America with the help of an onboard “AI captain.” This virtual decision maker, powered by IBM Decision Management software, helped provide safe travels through ever-changing conditions.

IBM Operational Decision Manager on IBM Z®
Add intelligence to your Z applications

Add intelligence to your Z applications
Take advantage of an optimized interface with IBM Watson® Machine Learning to make predictive decisions at the speed of business.
Try it now on Z

Try it now on Z
Explore how you can optimize Z apps with business rules, at no cost for 3 days.
Features
Features of IBM Operational Decision Manager
Simplicity and ease of management
Take advantage of interfaces that enable you to quickly author, develop and test decisions.
Support for complex decisions
Hundreds of clients have used Operational Decision Manager for their most demanding applications.
Built-in testing and simulation
Testing and simulation capabilities help users validate business logic against well-defined usage scenarios and key performance indicators.
Flexible deployment options
Deploy on OpenShift®, Certified Kubernetes, app servers, embedded in Java code, on compute grids, z/OS or SaaS.
Role-based permission management
Enable stakeholders to participate in authoring, updating, deploying and managing rules.
Built-in governance process
Scale business decisions using built-in governance and change management capabilities.
Get more capabilities
Available as part of IBM Cloud Pak®
Integrated
Discover AI-powered capabilities, a common UI, and low-code tools.
Complete
Get task automation, workflow orchestration and more.
Modern
Pay for what you need with modular pricing.
Decision Management at IBM
IBM Automation Decision Services
Easily incorporate machine learning insights to build more intelligent, effective decisions without IT professionals.
IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
Build custom, cloud-native applications that automate decisions with DMN-compliant, open-source software.
ODM for developers is a no-cost option for developers to get started building decision management projects. Use this all-in-one Docker image.