Business Rules and Information Systems: Aligning IT with Business Goals

Chapter 5. Controlling Rule Quality

5.1 Developing quality rules

So far, we“ve looked at how we can find business rules, turn them into statements with business meaning, and relate them to a wider context as part of a business model. Before we can think about technology realization, however, we need to check the quality of the rules.

A quality review should always precede a handover: for example, before the rules are passed to the business owner for approval or given to a designer to plan their realization. However, you shouldn“t wait until the last moment before you think about quality. Experience shows that it“s a bad idea to treat quality like a condiment to be sprinkled, like salt or pepper, over an endeavor as it“s being dished up. Rather, ...