Lesson 3 of 6
The decision engine: data, rules, scores and limits
The decision engine turns an application into an answer: approve, decline or refer to a person, with a limit and a price. It works in a fixed order, from data to rules to score to limit, and keeps a record of why. This lesson takes the engine apart.
Published 13 October 2026 · Listen to this lesson
In this lesson
- What the engine does
- The order of the checks
- Rules and scores do different jobs
- Limits: the lowest ceiling wins
- One application through the engine
- Automated, but answerable