Addressing Technical Debt
Technical debt arises when software solutions are built with a limited understanding of business needs, often leading to complications later. It can stem from deliberate decisions, outdated designs, and deteriorating components. While technical debt is not inherently negative, it can become problematic if not managed properly, potentially hindering future development.
- ▪Technical debt occurs when software problems are solved with limited understanding of business requirements.
- ▪It can lead to increased time and effort needed for future changes, as new features accumulate additional debt.
- ▪Three main sources of technical debt include deliberate decisions, outdated design, and rotten components.
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PostSpaciousEditorialAddressing Technical DebtPublished February 13, 2022 · 10 min readA field needs to be added, a rule needs to change, or a customer bug needs a quick fix, and on paper the work looks small enough to finish in a day. Then someone points out that the old service is involved, the tests are unreliable, and the only person who still remembers why the workflow behaves that way is on holiday, which is usually when technical debt becomes visible. Technical debt occurs when we solve a software problem with our limited understanding of the business at the time. We start building a solution to get feedback as early as possible. Instead of spending additional time on business requirements, we prefer to deliver software early. Therefore, we borrow some time from the future.
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