Are business rules part of requirements
I was speaking to Barbara von Halle after she returned from an address to requirements people in Connecticut recently, and she told me how surprised she was that the folks at her talk did not see business rules as part of their activities. I wonder whether participants in RQNG believe that business rules are an integral part of requirements gathering...
Yes and No
YES in the sense that clearly capturing rules should be part of the process that also captures requirements and that many of the techniques used to capture requirements also work for capturing rules and that keeping rules explicit but linked with the requirements process can be very effective.
NO in the sense that rules are not requirements and so should be managed, described and ultimately implemented differently.
JT
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