Technology Evaluation

One interesting idiosyncrasy of the software development industry is that the open source movement has created a number of development tools, which can be used to develop computer software free of charge. In some cases, this has been even used to justify the selection of a technology X over a competing technology Y. Even though [...]

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Why Business Dictates Technology Selections

by Petri on September 14, 2010

In my previous article called When Business Dictates Technology Selections, I wrote about arguments, which are used by management to overrule the technology selections made by technical staff. I also tried to describe, why I feel that managers should have control over technology selections. I have to admit that I was not doing a very [...]

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A few days ago I found myself in the middle of an argument concerning the best build tool for Java projects. Somewhere during the discussion, I realized that there is no tool, which is best in every possible situation. Naturally, this leads into a conclusion that the best tool for the job must be selected [...]

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