In his first article, "Software Requirements in Practice - How to do it well", Ranganadhan Nadadhur detailed practices that help us undestand the problem space from the stakeholders' perspective. In this follow-up article Ranga shares his thoughts on ways for us to answer the question: "Have you done it well?" A requirements process is extremely complicated by its nature. It depends on several factors and however well we think we have done it always remains to be done better. This article is a step towards making it a little better.

Business rules offer a powerful tool for requirements professionals, business analysts, and IT professionals to simplify processes, to come to grips with real-life complexity, and to improve communication with business leads (and IT). As this article explains, the basic principles and techniques of business rules are relatively straightforward. From there, it’s all a matter of just getting started, staying focused, and using the right techniques.