Software Maintainability
By Alexandra Szynkarski • July 30, 2012
Welcome to the OnTechnicalDebt Expert Interview Series. This interview focuses on how Technical Debt can be categorized to help business organizations face the challenges of … read more
By Alexandra Szynkarski • May 31, 2012
What is Technical Debt?
Technical Debt, also known as Software Debt, is a metaphor that highlights the compromises made by IT organizations between short-term gains … read more
By Alexandra Szynkarski • May 22, 2012
Ward Cunningham is known for the creation of the first Wiki, Wikipedia’s policies, OO Design, CoffeeScript, and Perl. He is also known for coining … read more
By Alexandra Szynkarski • May 7, 2012
Last year, Dr. Carolyn Seaman and Dr. Nico Zazworka hosted an extremely informative webinar on “Managing and Measuring Technical Debt” as part of the … read more
By Alexandra Szynkarski • March 30, 2012
A Guide to Measuring & Managing Technical Debt
In this just-released white paper, Dr. Bill Curtis – SVP and Chief Scientist at CAST – examines … read more
By Robert Seder • March 26, 2012
Technical Debt exists in many forms. Perhaps the most common concerns software maintainability. Code that is difficult to maintain is more expensive to maintain, … read more
By Robert Seder • March 21, 2012
There is a fantastic book out called Brownfield Application Development, by Donald Belcham and Kyle Baley. This book talks about software changeability and software … read more
By Alexandra Szynkarski • February 13, 2012
Tobias Mayer, ScrumMaster and Coach, has put together a very insightful blog post (on Agile Anarchy) which describes how he worked with a team … read more
By Alexandra Szynkarski • December 13, 2011
It’s important to understand how Technical Debt can affect the software maintainability of your applications. No matter how bad the code may be…
“If you … read more