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Common Questions
Questions about EC can be posed in either business or technological terms. Technological questions overtly mention some form of EC. Business questions often don't seem to be about EC, but their solutions have EC components. Often questions of one type can be cast in the language of the other.

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Each question is accompanied by a listing of the lifecycle stage at which the question is most likely to fall:

  • Awareness Training
  • Business Analysis
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Design
  • Implementation
  • Integration and Validation
  • Maintenance