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Constraints are criteria.

• zbentley 9y ago
  No, they're not. If you violate a constraint, delivery fails. If you pass it, delivery does not necessarily succeed. If you fail to meet a criterion, delivery might fail. If you successfully meet all criteria, this is the definition of successful delivery. Different places may assign different meanings to those terms in project-management speak, but those are the ones I've heard the most.
  • brucephillips 9y ago
    You're confusing an equality relationship and a subset relationship.
• dvt 9y ago
  No they aren't. Constraints are necessary but not sufficient. Criteria are necessary and sufficient. In other words, necessity is a lower bound and sufficiency is an upper bound. Criteria is the upper bound, constraints are the lower bound. [1] https://www.sfu.ca/~swartz/conditions1.htm https://www.sfu.ca/~swartz/conditions1.htm
  • brucephillips 9y ago
    You're also confusing an equality and a subset relationship.