business rules
Company decision logic
Business rules are the policies, constraints, and logic that govern how an organization operates.
In software development, they define what a system should do under specific conditions—validating inputs, calculating prices, determining eligibility: The business rules require manager approval for refunds over $500.
Business rules translate organizational decisions into executable logic, sitting between raw data and user-facing behavior.
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- constraintsLimits on action
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- workflowSequential task progression
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
data validation · conditions · triggers · compliance · audit trail · automation · decision · edge cases · governance · procedures · guidelines · access control · requirements · engine · if-then · protocols · standards · enforcement
business rulestacit knowledge
Understanding that resists verbalization
gut instinct · tribal knowledge · common sense · intuition · improvisation
business rulesimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
creative problem-solving · exceptions · flexibility · chaos · anarchy
business, rule, busy, busily, busyness, businesses, rules, ruled, ruling