Be Careful When Talking About Constraints While designing, teams will run into no shortage of constraints. These might stem from the workings of legacy systems, infrastructure limitations, deadlines, budgets, or a variety of other business or technical decisions. While initially presenting part of a design, it’s not uncommon to want to include mention of the constraints we faced, especially if the constraint was particularly frustrating and forced us to make a decision that we feel is less than ideal. In these situations, however, some participants will often interpret the constraints we
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