Outdoor equipment interfaces should be specified before a cable harness is finalized because the cable, connector, enclosure, and installation orientation influence one another. If a team chooses the harness first and treats the connection point as an afterthought, it can discover late that the cable exits toward an obstruction, the mating area is hard to reach, or the installed interface does not match the expected exposure. Early interface definition prevents those corrections from becoming production changes. https://loveisaname.com/specifying-outdoor-equipment-interfaces-before-finalizing-a-cable-harness/