University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics
Abstract
Comparative studies and surveys on different technologies are common practices in research
environments, not only when planning a new research line, but also in enterprise environment,
for example, when a new project is going to be developed and the suitable technology must be
selected. In the research context, an ordinary and formal method frequently followed to analyse
the situation is the Systematic Literature Review (SLR). However, SLR is not enough, if the
study is oriented towards comparing technologies or tools solutions. This paper presents a
mechanism to be applied systematically in surveys and comparative studies of tools and
technological solutions. It is based on general concepts defined in SLR, but it extends them in
order to cover other necessities. The paper illustrates how this mechanism is applied to a real
project named THOT and it offers conclusions and learned lessons from the last trends.Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación TIN2013- 46928-C3-3-