2 years ago

Category: Software, Business, Data, Kubernetes, automation

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kitmerker/ Everyone knows they should pay attention to technical debt. Yet, for some inexplicable reason, we all tend to ignore it until it’s too late.

Don’t get me wrong, engineering teams regularly raise technical debt issues to the business side.

The context that separates “good” technical debt (which lets us ship) and “bad” technical debt (which needs attention) comes down to understanding the actual impact on customers and the team. Teams that manage technical debt well set “budgets,” to establish triggers for refocusing the team on improving reliability and putting features on hold.