My TOE

Stumbled on some site or some mailing list or some forum or some other's blog before. Can't remember where. Anyways, John's insights follows the same as mine. When designing and developing applications, always think of TOE. Technology, Organization and Environment Concept.

Develop the application not only based on technology but also on:

1. Organization: what is the target user? Is standardization an important thing? Do they prefer closed source or open source approach? etc...

2. Environment: do you have good human resource (developers) with you? How fast do you need to get your solution up and running? Do you have the proper tools and hardware for the job? etc...

Thanks to John Doe for the insights...