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5 questions in Handling Ambiguity.

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An architect is asked to design a system where the requirements, scale and business model are all still changing. How should they proceed?

An architect is asked to design something where the requirements are genuinely unclear and the stakeholders disagree about the goal. What is the productive approach?

An executive says "we need an AI strategy" and asks you to come back in two weeks. How do you handle the ambiguity?

The constraint that shaped your design - order records must stay inside the country - came from a conversation with the VP who commissioned the work. She leaves in month three. What happens to the design next and what should have been in place?

You must start designing and the requirements are genuinely unclear. What do you do?