Buyer Constraint Management as defined by the Constraint Management CoP includes those product management methods concerned with the buyer constraint management process.
This set of constraint management methods is divided into three main categories.
- Those Constraint Management methods classified as "Direct and Proxy Approval" are methods supporting management activities using buyers or proxy buyers for constraint maintenance and enforcement.
- Those Constraint Management methods classified as "Analytical Scoring & Portfolio Balance" are methods supporting management activities using scores and portfolio balancing for constraint maintenance and enforcement.
- Those Constraint Management methods classified as "Modeling and forecasting" are methods supporting management activities using models for constraint maintenance and enforcement.
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- Improve the practices within their focus area
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