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ambiguity

A condition where meaning or causes are not clear, making it hard to determine why events occur or which of several plausible choices to take.

Key Points

  • PMI definition: A state of being unclear, having difficulty in identifying the cause of events, or having multiple options from which to choose.
  • Ambiguity is about multiple interpretations or hard-to-trace causes; it is different from simple uncertainty about probabilities.
  • It appears often in novel, complex, or rapidly changing work, especially early in discovery and design.
  • Manage it by sensemaking: collaborate with stakeholders, run time-boxed research spikes and prototypes, and progressively refine requirements and acceptance criteria.

Example

A product team is told to "improve customer engagement" but receives no metric or specific outcome. Several paths exist (personalized content, chatbot, notifications). The project manager schedules stakeholder workshops to define measurable outcomes and leads short spikes to test the riskiest assumptions before selecting a direction.

PMP Example Question

A team receives vague requirements and sees multiple viable solutions. What should the project manager do first?

  1. Freeze scope until the sponsor chooses one option.
  2. Start building the most popular option to maintain momentum.
  3. Facilitate stakeholder sessions and run short experiments/prototypes to clarify needs and reduce uncertainty.
  4. Update the risk register and proceed without changes.

Correct Answer: C — Facilitate experiments and stakeholder clarification

Explanation: When facing ambiguity, the best first step is sensemaking: engage stakeholders and use spikes/prototypes to learn and refine requirements before committing to a solution.

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