Business rules are not requirements. Yet they are often gathered at the same time as requirements, from the same sources, by the same business analysts. And unfortunately, often documented in the same artifacts. In this article we look at some of the ways that business rules are commonly hidden inside use cases.
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Posted in Business Analysis, Business Rules, Requirements, Requirements Models, Requirements gathering, Use Cases
Tagged alternate flow, business requirements, Business Rules, exception flow, hidden business rules, hidden rules, managing data, normal flow, preconditions, triggers, use cases
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Use Case Example With Business Rules
In our ongoing exploration of how to meld the worlds of business rules and requirements, we look at an example use case and see how to extract the business rules.
Separating Business Rules From Requirements Increases Agility
We’ve written in the past about why it is important to gather and manage requirements. In short, you avoid some costly mistakes, and fix others before they become too expensive. We’ve also started exploring how business requirements and business rules live and play together. But why should we bother to separate business rules from requirements? One reason is to increase your company’s agility.
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