One shared technology position for a GB network operator A ThoughtWorks-style radar plots twelve technologies on four rings, Adopt to use with confidence, Trial to prove on real work, Assess to explore and Hold to start nothing new, so the Hold ring becomes the standing list of what to plan a move off.
One shared technology position for a GB network operator
A ThoughtWorks-style technology radar for a GB distribution network operator. Four concentric status-tinted rings, read from the centre outward as Adopt in green, Trial in blue, Assess in amber and Hold in grey, cross four quadrants: Techniques, Platforms, Tools, and Languages and frameworks. Twelve numbered blips, each coloured by its ring, mark positions, from Kubernetes, PostgreSQL and trunk-based delivery in Adopt to hand-rolled ETL scripts, shared mutable spreadsheets and unversioned APIs in Hold. A status legend on the right names what each ring means, and an index lists every blip by quadrant with its ring.
Techniques
Platforms
Tools
Languages and frameworks
Adopt
Trial
Assess
Hold
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Rings, centre outward
Adopt
Use with confidence
Trial
Prove on real work
Assess
Explore the impact
Hold
Start nothing new
Techniques
3
Trunk-based delivery
Adopt
7
Digital twin simulation
Assess
12
Unversioned APIs
Hold Platforms
1
Kubernetes
Adopt
2
PostgreSQL
Adopt
4
Kafka event streaming
Trial
8
Vector search
Assess Tools
5
Infrastructure as code modules
Trial
6
dbt transformations
Trial
10
Hand-rolled ETL scripts
Hold
11
Shared mutable spreadsheets
Hold Languages and frameworks
9
WebAssembly at the edge
Assess Source: ThoughtWorks Technology Radar model
