Saturday, September 8, 2012

2). Distinguish between internal and external constraints. Provide and example of each one from your own experience.

According to page 146 of the book External constraints in a problem are things such as money, time, energy, knowledge base, or other resources that the group needs for the decision making process and to implement a solution. While Internal constraints would be things such as government regulation, limitations, physical location, and technical or design difficulties.

I once tried to open a Wing Chun Kung Fu club at SJSU but there were many constraints that ended up making the decision to not open the club at all.

The external constraints of the club was that money was too much of a problem for students since it would normally cost a person outside of SJSU 100 dollars per month to attend, many people do not understand the forms so we would need a better curriculum, classes would only be 1 hours per day and there could only be 2 days per week.

The internal problems were the largest factor in the decision to not open the club since Senior students of the Wing Chun school outside of SJSU did not agree to the opening, there was no qualified instructor who learned up to the weapons set (the highest instructor we had only knew 2.5 forms), and the decisions to not open the club were mostly lead by a 13 years experienced student who's sole intent was to take over all decisions (political imbalance among the Wing Chun school).

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