Re: Complex Business Rules - Domain Model or Elsewhere?

On 2008-03-12 09:32:34 -0500, theprajnaone@xxxxxxxxx said:

I
was wondering if there are patterns these days for holding complex
business rules? I have found some books, and have done some research
but nothing concrete has come of it.

You should get the book "Fit for Developing Software" by Ward Cunningham and Rick Mugridge. You should also investigate www.fitnesse.org.

The concepts in the book and website are about how to specify complex business rules as automated test suites written in a form that is easy for the business analysts to understand, author, and manipulate.

Also, take a look at the January, 2008 IEEE article "Tests and Requirements, Requirements and Tests: A Möbius Strip "

http://csdl2.computer.org/persagen/DLAbsToc.jsp?resourcePath=/dl/mags/so/&toc=comp/mags/so/2008/01/mso01toc.xml&DOI=10.1109/MS.2008.24
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