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The technology landscape is constantly changing; ensuring that the work your technology department does today will not require a complete overhaul a year from now is a more complex task than ever before.
Apart from strict documentation and frequent updates, there are a few strategies developers and technology leaders can take to better future–proof their design and engineering work. Here, members of Forbes Technology Council offer eight ways to prepare your work — and your company — for the future.
1. Hire for Culture
Naysayers said JavaScript would never stick around, then jQuery, then Angular — yet, here we are. Hire passionate creatives and tinkerers. Hire people that see potential in the beta releases and the ones that want to refactor their work before it’s finished. Thefuture comes too quickly, so build systems and empower people to thrive on change. Then, you’ll always beat the next Gartner IT -1.18% report. – Nicholas Thompson, Grit
2. Follow the Pack
As counterintuitive as it sounds, don’t jump to implement the latest technology advances. Future- proofing is thinking long term. New technologies are constantly popping up, and many will fail. Let others be the guinea pigs, find the faults, and undergo the cost of redesigning to use another system. The early adopters will start to gravitate to a clear market leader that will stand the test of time. – Matthew Kolb, Names.org
3. Allow Plug-ins and Extensions
Having an open system that can be configured with different components and plug-ins allows both one-off customer requests to be handled cleanly, as well enables incremental replacement of core modules. This provides tactical and strategic advantages. – James Dixon, Pentaho, a Hitachi Group Company.
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