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Business Rules Analysis
Techniques
revenue resulting from a one-time purchase of a good or service and recurring
revenue from periodic payments for a good, service, or ongoing support.
Some types of revenue streams include:
• Licensing or Subscription fees: the customer pays for the right to access
a particular asset, either as a one-time fee or as a recurring cost.
• Transaction or Usage fees: the customer pays each time they use a good
or service.
• Sales: the customer is granted ownership rights to a specific product.
• Lending, Renting, or Leasing: the customer has temporary rights to use
an asset.
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.2 Usage Considerations
Strengths
• It is a widely used and effective framework that can be used to understand and
optimize business models.
• It is simple to use and easy to understand.
Limitations
• Does not account for alternative measures of value such as social and
environmental impacts.
• The primary focus on value propositions does not provide a holistic insight for
business strategy.
• Does not include the strategic purpose of the enterprise within the canvas.
10.9 Business Rules Analysis
10.9.1 Purpose
10.9.2 Description
Business rules analysis is used to identify, express, validate, refine, and organize
the rules that shape day-to-day business behaviour and guide operational
business decision making.
Business policies and rules guide the day-to-day operation of the business and its
processes, and shape operational business decisions. A business policy is a
directive concerned with broadly controlling, influencing, or regulating the
actions of an enterprise and the people in it. A business rule is a specific, testable
directive that serves as a criterion for guiding behaviour, shaping judgments, or
making decisions. A business rule must be practicable (needing no further
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