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5 questions in Technology Selection.

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A team is selecting a technology for a new component. What should the evaluation include beyond technical fit?

A team must choose between four candidate technologies. What method produces a defensible decision, and what makes most technology comparisons useless?

A team proposes Kafka for a workload of a few thousand messages per day. When is Kafka over-engineering, what is the alternative, and when does the answer change?

How would you evaluate a new database for a critical workload, and what would make you reject it despite good benchmarks?

Three teams have independently chosen three different message brokers. Design the selection and governance process going forward.