Case Study: Business Rules and Requirements Management at the IRS

The IRS is piloting a new methodology for analyzing, documenting, and managing business rules in conjunction with requirements for system design. This session will provide an overview of the development of this methodology and topics will include a review of the root causes, a breakdown of the methodology itself, and examples of its application in current efforts. What you will learn:

• Some differences between business rules and requirements as well as their similarities

• Obstacles encountered in trying to bridge the gap between both worlds

• How the new methodology will ultimately improve the application lifecycle at the IRS