A system and method for developing rules for validating a process having one or more parameters. The system or method may be used with a knowledge management system to validate the process. In one example, one or more rules are created to be used to validate the process, and the one or more rules are stored in a repository. One or more parameters relating to the process are obtained, one or more rules associated with the process are obtained from the repository, and the one or more rules obtained are used to validate the one or more parameters of the process. If the one or more parameters comply with the one or more rules, an indication thereof may be provided. Or if the one or more parameters do not comply with the one or more rules, an indication thereof may be provided.