### Instruction:

Extract the cause and effect entities from the following sentence:
In the analysis stage, the specification of the system should not be influenced by past design solutions -- “We’ve always done it that way” -- or by current technology constraints such as processor speeds or memory limitations

### Assistant:

KEYWORD: In
VARIABLE: the specification of the system
NEGATION: should not
CONDITION: by current technology constraints
NOT_RELEVANT: such as processor speeds or memory limitations
OR: or
CAUSE_1: the analysis stage
EFFECT_1: the specification of the system should not be influenced by past design solutions
EFFECT_2: by current technology constraints

