Archive for April, 2007

This is the final post in the Business Rules and the SDLC series.Earlier posts in this series

Business Rules and Software Requirements
Business Rules and Application Design
Introducing the Business Rules Development Cycle
Business Rules and Testing

I have to assert that the real value of adopting Business Rules Technology is realized in the maintenance phase of an application.
This by […]

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This is the fourth post in the Business Rules and the SDLC series.I have covered the following till now.

Business Rules and Software Requirements
Business Rules and Application Design
Introducing the Business Rules Development Cycle

The Purpose of Business Rules Testing
Now, the purpose of testing business rules is two fold!
Goal No 1
Are my business rules written the way I […]

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This is the third post in the Business Rules & the SDLC Series.
Business Rules development follows an independent parallel process from regular software development. In this post I will try and explain the steps leading towards the development of business rules development
The Business Rule Development Lifecycle
As regards to Business Rules, the below graphic is a […]

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This is the second post in the Business Rules & the SDLC Series.I will try and explain how Business Rules Technologies will fit into the Application Design Process.
Design Goals & Business Rules
If you are designing a software system that will also automate Business Decisions, then what design goals should you be aiming for?
You should […]

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This is the first post in the Business Rules and SDLC series. My purpose is to explain why Business Rules must not be treated as software requirements.
Introduction & Definition
So, what are what Software Requirements?.

Software Requirements provide a detailed description of what a software system should do.
Who owns such Requirements? Developers, of course
What will this description […]

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How do Business Rules Technology fit into the SDLC Life Cycle? I have been talking about this recently in my team, here is what I have been thinking & talking about.
Before I begin, here is a model of a generic SDLC process.

Explanation is needed as to how Business Rules will fit into diferent stages […]

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