Length: 19 pages For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
August 1, 2007 (updated January 15, 2008)
Introducing Forrester's TechRadar™ Research
How To Make Smarter Technology Planning Decisions
by Laura Koetzle, David Metcalfe
with Eric G. Brown, Matthew McCormack, Caroline Hoekendijk, Katie Smillie, Patrick M. Connaughton

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Technology planners face a challenge to make the best technology adoption, maintenance, and retirement decisions for their firms. To make these decisions, stakeholders assess business and technology criteria. Forrester's TechRadar research describes and plots a technology according to its ecosystem maturity, business value-add adjusted for uncertainty, and future trajectory. IT and business professionals should embed Forrester's TechRadar analysis in their technology planning process to make better-informed adoption and retirement decisions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemThe Challenge Of Technology Planning

itemTechnology Planners Face A Complex And Messy Undertaking

itemEnd Users Apply Business And Technology Assessment Criteria

itemIntroducing Forrester's TechRadar Research

itemWhat Defines The Maturity Of A Technology's Ecosystem?

itemWhat Are The Five Phases Of Ecosystem Maturity?

itemWhat Defines A Technology's Business Value?

itemWhat Do The Trajectories Mean For The Technology's Future?

itemHow Quickly Will The Ecosystem Evolve To The Next Phase?

itemForrester's TechRadar Research In Action

itemUsing Forrester's TechRadar Analysis To Resolve Real Problems

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itemEmbed Forrester's TechRadar Analysis In Your Tech Planning Process

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed 25 vendor and 44 user companies and organizations, including: BT, Bull, Capgemini, Casewise, Cisco Systems, Configuresoft, EDS, EMC, Getronics, IBM, Interoute Communications, Interwoven, JasperSoft, Microsoft, OMG, SBS, SunGard, Tideway Systems, Verdasys, Vignette, Virgin Mobile, and Vodafone.

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