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The Fourth Commandment was best summarized by Scott W. Ambler in Agile Modeling. He hit every nail quite nicely. Business Rules are: Written and explicit. Written in plain language. Are built on facts, and facts should build on concepts as represented by terms. Guide and influence behavior in desired ways. Are accessible to authorized parties (e.g. collective ownership must be single sourced (no links, no dependencies, no references, etc) .Are specified directly by those people who have relevant knowledge (e.g. active stakeholder participation.) Have to be managed.