"Business constraints" are other peoples' decisions in a company that you don't control or influence over. Some of these "poor decisions" may be viewed as good

"Business constraints" are other peoples' decisions in a company that you don't control or influence over. Some of these "poor decisions" may be viewed as good decisions, from a different perspective. "Why didn't they redesign the site 12 months ago so we could see it today? One or more poor decisions twelve months ago, that's why." Maybe this was a good decision optimizing for something you aren't aware of. "Other companies like ING and Apple get it." Perhaps some would think they make poor decisions too. Decisions optimize for things based on a perspective. If you share the perspective, it's a good decision, if you have a different one, perhaps it is a poor one.