# Technical Decision-Making

DevFeed: [Technical Decision-Making](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/technical-decision-making-28034.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tech.trivago.com/post/2023-02-22-technical-decision-making/>)

Author: Tom Bartel

Published: 2023-02-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Trivago](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/trivago.md>)

Topics: [decision-making](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/decision-making.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [Template](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/template.md>)

Tags: [decision-making](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/decision-making.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [efficiency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/efficiency.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-culture.md>), [technical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents a general process for making technical decisions. It covers assessing scope and impact, reviewing existing and external solutions, setting a time limit, documenting proposals, gathering reviews, forming a working group, holding a decision meeting, and recording the outcome.

## Source excerpt

This is a general outline for taking technical decisions and should be taken as a set of guidelines rather than rules. Its purpose is to provide a toolset to help with efficiency, gathering appropriate input, ensuring transparency and high buy-in likelihood.