What is the Tech Radar?
The Actaport Tech Radar visualizes which technologies we currently use or investigate and which we plan to
stop using. It helps making technology choices in new services.
- ADOPT —Technologies we have high confidence in to serve our purpose, also in large
scale.
ADOPT Technologies are well known and understood, run in Actaports production environment and is recommended
by operations.
- TRIAL — Technologies that we have seen work with success to solve a real problem;
first serious usage experience that confirm benefits and can uncover limitations.
TRIAL Technologies that are slightly more risky; some engineers in our organization walked this path and
will share knowledge and experiences.
- ASSESS — Technologies that are promising and have clear potential value-add for us;
technologies worth to invest some research and prototyping efforts in to see if it has impact.
ASSESS Technologies that have higher risks; they are often brand new and highly unproven in our
organisation. You will find some engineers that have knowledge in the technology and promote it, you may
even find teams that have started a prototyping effort
- HOLD — Technologies not recommended to be used for new projects. Technologies that
we think are not (yet) worth to (further) invest in.
HOLD technologies should not be used for new projects, but usually can be continued for existing projects.
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What is the purpose?
The Tech Radar is a tool to inspire and support Engineering teams at Actaport to pick the best technologies
for
new projects; it provides a platform to share knowledge and experience in technologies, to reflect on
technology decisions and continuously evolve our technology landscape. Based on the pioneering work of ThoughtWorks, our Tech Radar sets out the
changes in technologies that are interesting in software development — changes that we think our
engineering teams should pay attention to and use in their projects.
How do we maintain it?
T.B.D..
Check out Zalando's Engineering Blog for
more information on how to approach Technology Selection and use the Tech Radar at Zalando.
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