Slide 6: Technology Lifecycle Positioning

TECHNOLOGY LIFECYCLE STAGES (Where you sit determines your management, architecture, and solutions)

BLEEDING EDGE: Forefront of development. Experimental, unproven, high risk. Monitor only.

LEADING EDGE: Proven concepts, early adoption. Innovation with managed risk. Target Zone.

MAINSTREAM: Widely adopted, stable, mature tooling. Predictable outcomes. Target Zone.

TRENDING BEHIND: Declining usage, newer alternatives exist. Legacy concerns emerging.

END OF SUPPORT / LIFE: No updates, security patches, or bug fixes. Migration mandatory.

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BleedingLeadingMainstreamTrendingEnd of supportRiskTime
Speaker notes
  • "This isn't just academic - where you sit here determines everything"
  • "Notice how adoption potential changes across the lifecycle"
  • "Bleeding Edge and Obsolete both have very low adoption rates - for different reasons"

Transition: "Where you choose to position in this lifecycle isn't just a technical decision - it determines your management methods, architecture approaches, and solutions."

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