My Analysis: There are three clearly different things involved here …
The process of murder transforms a live person into a dead person by killing them.
The concept of murder is defined as the act of killing someone.
The rule about murder is that there shouldn’t be any of them.
The first is about doing; the second is about knowing; the third is about prohibiting. Three very different things. So it should be in business analysis and analysis of business rules.
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This post excerpted from our new book (Oct, 2011) Building Business Solutions: Business Analysis with Business Rules. See: http://www.brsolutions.com/b_building_business_solutions.php
Ron Ross, Principal and Co-Founder of Business Rules Solutions, LLC, is internationally acknowledged as the “father of business rules.” Recognizing early on the importance of independently managed business rules for business operations and architecture, he has pioneered innovative techniques and standards since the mid-1980s. He wrote the industry’s first book on business rules in 1994.
Compare: “An employee is terminated by deactivating their HR Profile” vs “When an employee is terminated their HR Profile must be deactivated”.
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These are 3 important distinctions – thanks Ron!
Compare: “An employee is terminated by deactivating their HR Profile” vs “When an employee is terminated their HR Profile must be deactivated”.