Technical Debt

Technical Debt Twitter Event #boxchat

By Alexandra Szynkarski • April 29, 2013

Box UK Technical Debt

For those that use Twitter regularly, Box UK will be hosting a #boxchat Twitter discussion on Thursday, May 2 at 1pm EDT dedicated to our favorite … read more

 

Visualizing Technical Debt

By Tomas Malmsten • April 2, 2013

Visualizing Technical Debt

Technical Debt is something most teams struggle with in one way or other. One of the more common issues I encounter is how to visualize the actual … read more

 

Can Technical Debt Be Quantified? The Limits And Promise Of The Metaphor

By Matt Holford • March 19, 2013

Quantifying Technical Debt

Anyone whose professional life has intersected with the technical debt metaphor knows its power: the simple proposition that such a thing exists opens up a … read more

 

Prioritizing Your Technical Debt

By Alexandra Szynkarski • March 11, 2013

Steve Garnett from Ripple Rock (an IT consulting company that assists customers in improving their software development capabilities) is one of many who has experienced Technical … read more

 

Convincing My Manager to Deal With Technical Debt

By Alexandra Szynkarski • February 25, 2013

StackExchange Technical Debt

A question was recently posted on StackExchange asking the following: “Should I try to persuade my manager that code tidying should take priority over … read more

 

Pragmatic Ways for Your IT Team to Deal with Technical Debt

By Alexandra Szynkarski • February 21, 2013

Johanna Rothman technical debt

Welcome to the OnTechnicalDebt Expert Interview Series.
This interview will focus on the ground-level steps that should be taken in order to help IT teams … read more

 

A-Players, B-Players, and Avoiding Technical Debt

By Alexandra Szynkarski • February 11, 2013

a-players-technical-debt

I recently read a blog post by Cynthia Maxwell, about how important it is to hire A-players to avoid Technical Debt. She’s seen plenty … 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

 

Technical Debt Debate, with Ward Cunningham & Capers Jones

By Alexandra Szynkarski • January 22, 2013

Ward-Cunningham-Technical-Debt

Welcome to the OnTechnicalDebt Expert Interview Series. We’re kicking off this year with an interview from the founder of Technical Debt himself, Ward Cunningham, … read more

 

Presentation: Managing Technical Debt

By Alexandra Szynkarski • January 14, 2013

Managing Technical Debt

Living with Technical Debt is possible, as long as it is measured and monitored correctly. This presentation from Sam Pullara (to the First Round … read more