In a previous post (Three U's of Design Debates) I had written about how we (especially me) need to make sure we don’t get trapped in a design debate where the requirements are Unclear, the scope of the conversation is Undefined, and or Underlying opinions are not accepted. I am continually amazed that every developer does not read my blog, ok so maybe that’s not so amazing. However, I am truly amazed how prevalent another U of design debates is ignored when reading blogs or help forums and people argue about design: Unrecognized environmental factors. I decided, as a reminder to myself mostly, to append these to my previous article. Click here to read about Unrecognized environmental factors.