60 Examples of Technology Needs

John Spacey, updated on September 19, 2023

Technology needs are non-functional requirements related to technologies such as systems, applications, automation and infrastructure. Needs should not be confused with solutions. For example, you may need data security and the part of the solution may be encryption. The following are common examples of technology needs.

Accuracy & precision	Audit trail
Authentication & authorization	Availability & uptime
Backup & recovery	Capacity
Compatibility	Configuration options
Conformance to brand guidelines	Conformance to regulations
Conformance to standards	Consistency
Cybersecurity	Data protection
Data quality	Data retention
Data security	Device support
Disaster recovery	Durability
Ease of use	Efficiency
Environmental impact	Error handling
Fault tolerance	Hearing accessibility such as captions
Human error prevention	Interoperability
Intrusion detection	Lack of vendor lock-in
Localization	Logging
Low latency	Maintainability
Multilingual support	Operability
Password policies	Performance monitoring
Physical accessibility	Privacy protection
Redundancy	Reliability
Response times	Responsible sourcing
Scalability	Speech accessibility
Speed performance	Stability
Supportability	Testability
Throughput	Training & documentation
Transparency	Updates and upgrades
Usability	User friendliness
Vendor performance	Vendor stability
Vendor support	Visual accessibility