A Checklist For Evaluating New Technology - Gustav Wengel

This resource first appeared in issue #14 on 17 Mar 2020 and has tags Technical Leadership: Other

A Checklist For Evaluating New Technology - Gustav Wengel

In a similar vein as the above, a pragmatic way of looking at a possible new tool or technology or even methodology to adopt. The checklist items most relevant to us:

  • Does it solve a problem you’re actually having right now?
  • Is it easily replaced?
  • Can it be evaluated quickly?
  • Is the project/technology popular and well maintained?
  • How mature is it?
  • Can it be maintained?

Of all of them, I think “Is it easily replaced” is the one which is important and undervalued.

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