Every business has exactly one governing business constraint. Every governing business constraint belongs to one of seven recurring classes.

The Seven Classes of Business Constraint™ are the foundational taxonomy of the SAI Business Constraint Discipline™. They provide the framework that makes accurate diagnosis possible. Regardless of industry, company size, ownership structure, or stage of growth, every governing business constraint belongs to one of these seven recurring classes: Market, Operational, Financial, Organizational, Strategic, Leadership, or Credibility.Businesses rarely struggle because they lack effort. They struggle because the governing business constraint is either unidentified or assigned to the wrong class. When that happens, time, money, and leadership effort are invested solving symptoms or problems instead of the governing structural cause. The result is predictable: recurring problems, stalled progress, and improvement efforts that never fully deliver.When the correct class is identified, everything changes. Decisions become more precise. Resources are directed where they will have the greatest impact. Resolution begins with the actual governing business constraint—not the symptoms it produces. That is why the Seven Classes are the foundation of the SAI Business Constraint Discipline™ and why every application of the discipline begins with correctly identifying the governing business constraint before designing its resolution. To Learn More, click on any of the links below...