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== Evaluating (Judgment / Evaluation) ==
⚖️ Assessing suitability, trade-offs, risks, or long-term value.

=== Evaluation frameworks & tools ===
* MTTR reduction  
* Apdex/user satisfaction  
* Release stability metrics  
* Transaction latency trends  

=== Maturity & adoption models ===
* Strong enterprise adoption (finance, telecom, retail)  
* Well documented and backed by Cisco  
* Supports cloud, hybrid, and on-prem equally well  

=== Key performance indicators ===
* Response time  
* Throughput  
* Error rates  
* Resource consumption  
* BT performance baselines  
* Conversion/UX impacts (via EUM)  

=== Strategic decision criteria ===
'''Use AppDynamics when:'''
* You need full-stack, code-level visibility with business context.  
* You operate hybrid or on-prem enterprise systems.  
* Executives need correlation between performance and revenue impact.  

'''Avoid AppDynamics if:'''
* You prefer lightweight, cloud-native, metrics-first tools.  
* You need low-cost monitoring for small environments.  

=== Holistic impact analysis ===
* Cost: Enterprise-level pricing  
* Maintainability: Requires BT rule governance  
* Learning curve: Moderate to high  
* Governance: Strong RBAC and auditability  
* Risks: Over-instrumentation, alert fatigue  

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