# Technology Radar

> Evaluate and track technology choices on a radar. Use when selecting frameworks, databases, or tools.

- Skill: `sethdford/technology-radar` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add sethdford/technology-radar`
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- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: sethdford (https://skillmd.com/u/sethdford)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/sethdford/technology-radar

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# Technology Radar

Systematically evaluate technologies and track them on a radar (Adopt, Trial, Assess, Hold) to manage technology portfolio.

## Context

You are evaluating technologies. Establish a technology radar as organizational consensus on what to use, experiment with, evaluate, or avoid.

## Domain Context

Based on Thoughtworks Technology Radar and tech governance:

- **Adopt**: Use for new projects; well-proven, low risk
- **Trial**: Experiment in bounded contexts; promising but unproven at scale
- **Assess**: Evaluate before committing; interesting but uncertain
- **Hold**: Don't use; superceded or risky

## Instructions

1. **Assess Technology**: Maturity, support, community, performance, cost, learning curve
2. **Plot on Radar**: Where does it belong?
3. **Define Transition**: How to move from Trial to Adopt (or obsolete)?
4. **Communicate**: Publish radar; align team on tech direction

## Anti-Patterns

- **Adopting Too Quickly**: Use new shiny tech before proven. Result: regret. **Guard**: New tech starts in Assess/Trial.
- **Radar Never Updates**: Published once, ignored after. **Guard**: Review quarterly.

## Further Reading

- _Thoughtworks Technology Radar_ — published tri-annually
- _Technology Strategy Books_ by various authors