You work in the accounting department and have been working with a team of coworkers to review the billing process. The process hasn't been reviewed for more than five years, and the company has doubled in size in the last three years. Your team was asked to review the process to improve its efficiency and effectiveness. After conducting research on best practices and technological advances; gathering input from employees involved in billing procedures; and analyzing the process itself, your team has synthesized its findings and is ready to write the report for management. You are in the process of drafting the report, but your team is confused about where to place information about the company's exponential growth in the past few years. This is clearly important information that needs to be included because it helps frame the conclusions that your team has reached. Additionally, understanding this information will be important for the design of the new billing system if the company is going to continue to grow. Your team should include this information in the methodology section of the report because