Tim Shadel, an IT Manager at Apollo Group Inc, did a JBoss Rules presentation for the Pheonix JUG and made the pdf available in his blog, which I have also made available here. Apollo Group Inc is a S&P 500 company that provides adult education services. The stats he provides in the presentation make for interesting read so I’ve reproduced them below.
Background: National Qualiyfing Centre
- 200,000+ phone calls per day
- ~400 qualifying specialists
- 70+ ground campuses
- ~6,000 enrollment counselors
- ~500 specialized groups
- Geography
- Program
- Bachkelor’s, Master’s, etc.
Rules are used for:
- Routing
- Managing the call script
Setup
- 700+ routing rules
- ~450,000 test scenarios
- ~2.5mins test execution
- => ~3,000 scnearios/second (3 scenarios/millisecond)
