Defining the business rules
Whenever you derive or determine a calculation or some other rule, it is important to capture them separately. The reason for this is that calculations and business rules are normally reused multiple times within the business. It is important to ensure a consistent definition of the rules and information across all business requirements.
Getting ready
To start, look at all your requirements where there may be, business rules or calculations.
How to do it...
Business rules are ways in which the business calculates, manipulates, or categorizes information. There are normally many of these within an organization with many differing definitions. It is important to identify and define these so that the business can agree upon which version of the business rule is correct:
1. Open your requirements spreadsheet, and create an additional tab called Business Rules, as shown in the following screenshot:
2. Set up the columns to capture the necessary information:
3. Extract...
