According to the BABOK® Guide, business rules analysis is “a technique used to identify, analyze, communicate, validate, and organize the rules that shape the day-to-day business behavior and guide operational business decision making” (p. 372). Business rules are “specific, actionable, testable directives that are under the control of an organization and that support a business policy” (p. 372). Business rules analysis helps to ensure that the requirements and the solution are aligned with the business objectives and values, and that they comply with the relevant regulations and standards. Business rules analysis involves documenting business rules from sources, communicating them clearly, verifying them with stakeholders, rationalizing them to align with business goals, and organizing them so they can be easily managed and reused. The other options are not correct because:
A. To define the historical information that is available for the business analyst to rely on for his research is not a definition of business rules analysis, but a possible input or outcome of business analysis in general.
C. To define the people that govern decisions in and organization and that define, constrain, or enable organizational policies is not a definition of business rules analysis, but a possible aspect of stakeholder analysis or organizational modeling.
D. To define the job functions, roles and responsibilities, and the designation of power among the project stakeholders is not a definition of business rules analysis, but a possible aspect of stakeholder analysis or organizational modeling. References:
BABOK® Guide, p. 372
10.9 Business Rules Analysis | IIBA®, section “Purpose”
