Dealing with Technical Debt

In the first part of this article, we outlined what technical debt is, how we can improve our understanding of it, its sources and how to catalogue it. Once we understand the nature of our debt and the forces that created it, we can then make conscious decisions about how it should be managed.  This … Continue reading Dealing with Technical Debt

Continuous Management of Technical Debt

Preventing technical debt from overwhelming you Ward Cunningham’s 1992 debt metaphor helped explain that the issue with technical debt was never about its existence but the consequences of allowing it to accumulate unchecked. We know that ‘borrowing’ can accelerate progress and writing code quickly, even imperfectly, can enable learning and delivery. The danger lies in … Continue reading Continuous Management of Technical Debt