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    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>The following table is giving the different
    possible starting points for the discovery activity.&lt;/span>&lt;/span>
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                Analysis techniques used - starting point
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                Description
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                Business Events
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            &lt;td>
                Start with the business events listed in the inception artifacts.&lt;br />
                Each business event is processed by a set of activities that can be described in document or business
                process&lt;br />
                Use when the organization does not utilize use cases.
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            &lt;td>
                Use Case
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            &lt;td>
                Analyze Use case description to find decision points and then rules&lt;br />
                Preferred approach, used by team used to develop use cases, or Agile user stories.
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                Business process / Workflow
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                Evaluate individual process steps and tasks to define the&amp;nbsp;decision&amp;nbsp;behind each activity&amp;nbsp;and
                then the rules.&lt;br />
                Used when the organization utilizes process decomposition for the requirements gathering and analysis phase
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            &lt;td>
                Data Analysis
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            &lt;td>
                Used in case of data change oriented rules project&lt;br />
                Starts with the logical data model and how evaluate how entities are created
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                Mission Policies
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                Based on a top-down rules and business policies approach&lt;br />
                Rules sources are high level manager, decision makers&lt;br />
                Part of a business process reengineering effort
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