Architectures: models for implementing systems

Standards: concerned with protocols and file formats

Open standards vs. Proprietary
HTML / XML vs. PDF

CSS / XSL vs. HTML

GIF vs PNG

Which standards are applicable

NT / Unix
File system / database application

HTML tools / content management

Apache / IIS

FrontPage / Dreamweaver

Oracle / SQLServer

ColdFusion vs ASP

Development vs. Migration costs

Use of in-house expertise

In-house vs. out-sourced

Licensed vs. open source

Resources: financial and staff costs needed to implement systems

Applications: software products used to implement systems

Standards