Tech Stack
Jacob Scoggin edited this page Oct 1, 2023
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Document your decision process for every level of your tech stack. There are a few options available, including:
You could do a simple pros/cons list for your options:
| Database | Pros | Cons |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle DB | Some stuff | Other Stuff |
| MySQL | Some stuff | Other Stuff |
| mongoDB | Some stuff | Other Stuff |
Alternatively, you can try to quantify things with a decision matrix:
- Make a column for each factor you find important.
- Assign each column a weight denoting its importance (e.g. 1-not that important to 3 - extremely important)
- As a team, rate each technology candidate in each factor on a scale of e.g. 1-5
- Sum up the weight*rating across a row to get that candidate's overall score
| Database | Cost | Maintainability | Existing Documentation | Team Interest | Sponsor Interest | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| weight | (1-3) | (1-3) | (1-3) | (1-3) | (1-3) | - |
| Oracle DB | (1-5) | (1-5) | (1-5) | (1-5) | (1-5) | =sum(weight*rating) |
| MySQL | (1-5) | (1-5) | (1-5) | (1-5) | (1-5) | =sum(weight*rating) |
| mongoDB | (1-5) | (1-5) | (1-5) | (1-5) | (1-5) | =sum(weight*rating) |