ABSTRACT
There's a tendency to refer to the front end of projects as “fuzzy”. This depiction isn’t unjustified. There are a host of critical issues that are unavoidably characterized by uncertainty as these begin to unfold. Indeed, the full set of issues necessary for consideration is itself ambiguous at the outset of a project. There's a lack of clarity regarding the ways in which resources could most profitably be deployed, and how a team's time should be spent. Suggesting that this fuzziness exists isn’t an excuse. It isn’t a defensive game that project managers play in order to hedge against the risk of bad results. It's a reality.
