Software Maintenance

Technical Debt for the Businessman

By Alexandra Szynkarski • June 14, 2013

The great thing about the term Technical Debt is that it’s easily understood by all stakeholders in a company. For those that do not … read more

 

CISQ Webinar: The Future of Software Sizing with Automated Function Points

By Alexandra Szynkarski • February 5, 2013

IT-CISQ-Function Points

Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) have recently announced the availability of an OMG Specification for Automated Function Points (AFP). Functions points (or source lines of … read more

 

Time to Start Estimating Technical Debt

By Alexandra Szynkarski • October 29, 2012

IEEE Software Technical Debt Edition

Last week IEEE Software published a special edition for their Nov/Dec issue, dedicated to Technical Debt! My colleagues and I at CAST Research Labs … read more

 

“IT Organizations Have Far Too Much Technical Debt”

By Alexandra Szynkarski • October 22, 2012

Bill Curtis-Technical Debt

Dr. Bill Curtis, Senior VP and Chief Scientist at CAST, explains in this interview that we need to measure the structural quality of business … read more

 

Ted Theodoropoulos: How to Successfully Manage Technical Debt

By Alexandra Szynkarski • September 13, 2012

Ted Theodoropoulos on Technical Debt

Welcome to the OnTechnicalDebt Expert Interview Series. This interview focuses on how Technical Debt can be taken on safely and managed successfully – ultimately bridging … read more

 

Paying Down the Interest on your IT Technical Debt — CAST

By Alexandra Szynkarski • May 14, 2012

Bill Curtis - Technical Debt

Dr. Bill Curtis – Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist with CAST – lays out the “Technical Debt Management Cycle”, a 7-step process for … read more

 

Webinar – Identifying & Tracking Technical Debt (IEEE Software)

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

 

Webinar – Managing and Measuring Technical Debt (IEEE Software)

By Alexandra Szynkarski • March 21, 2012

Manage your technical debt

This is a great webinar on “Managing and Measuring Technical Debt”, which was held by two of Fraunhofer CESE’s research scientists, Dr. Carolyn Seaman … read more