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[VLOG] What Is Technical Debt In Software Development And The Impact To The Business?

September 11, 2020

What is up awesome people? In this vlog, I talk about something does not get talked more than it should in the agile space even though some of the agile manifesto signatories like Ward Cunningham and Martin Fowler have concerns about it. In this video, I talk about technical debt in software development.

Many organisations with an iron project triangle mindset only think that Scrum is an iterative shortened waterfall. This kind of mindset often leads to technical debt in the product. In this vlog, I explain what technical debt, several reasons why technical debt happens and the impact of technical debt to the business. Hopefully you are motivated to support your software developers to be professionals and pay any technical debt in your product. Because agility is not about sticky notes and standing up everyday, agility is about the whole organisation's capability to deliver quality products.


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Comments (3)


Govindraj Tungenwar
06:39 pm September 27, 2020

Its a great video on the Technical Debt. You touched most of the aspect of the TB. I think some of the debt management - 1. Minimal Debt Payment – Half a day in a week
2. Create Technical Backlog – Make it visible and add to product backlog
3. Assign 10-20 % Buffer capacity for technical debt in Sprint Planning Meeting


Anil Hitang
06:44 pm December 1, 2020

can technical debt be used in both plan-based and agile processes, or is it limited to a specific software development process?


Alan White
03:04 pm September 11, 2024

Technical debt in software development can significantly impact a business by slowing down future development and increasing long-term costs. It's crucial to address this issue early to maintain agility and ensure smoother project timelines. One effective way to mitigate technical debt is by adopting containerization DevOps practices, which streamline development and deployment processes, making it easier to manage and reduce accumulated debt.