Tag: Technical Debt
03 Jul, 2019
Frank Oelschlager Shares a Technical Debt Case Study
Gábor Zöld of Coding Sans has written an excellent piece on technical debt: Technical Debt: Everything You Need To Know, And How To Manage It In it, Frank recounts a particularly harrowing case of how the accretion of short cuts and outmoded practices shut productivity down. “ had...
06 Feb, 2018
Gotta Keep ‘Em Separated
I’ve got a concern, and I want to share it. You might or might not even care about it, that’s fine. You have your concerns and I have mine. Yet, we are able to interact with greater wholes while remaining decoupled. That’s how software architecture should manifest: with clear...
28 Nov, 2017
Smash Technical Debt
We know technical debt is bad. As Rick Garvin wrote in Headwinds: Legacy Technology’s Invisible Drag, it “can reduce your company’s velocity, productivity and agility.” But how can you deal with it? The Ten Mile Square approach is to make it part of your design and planning activities. Arm...
07 Nov, 2017
Headwinds: Legacy Technology’s Invisible Drag
Like a beautiful sailboat covered in barnacles below the waterline, obsolescent legacy technology can reduce your company’s velocity, productivity and agility. Your technology investment needs to address modernizing your legacy technology as well as new products and features. Technical Debt Matters Sooner or later, technical debt will be a...
04 Oct, 2016
Running Successful Technology Assessments
These days, almost every business relies on technology products and platforms to run daily operations and meet its goals. Unfortunately, your business needs and the functionality and performance of your supporting technology frequently fall out of alignment. A technology assessment is a good way to baseline where you are: what works,...
13 Oct, 2015
The Impact of Technical Debt: A Guide for Business Managers
Technical debt matters, because, sooner or later, it’s a drag on your business. It’s expensive, it saps productivity, and it reduces business agility. The more you understand about the technical debt you have in your business, the more you can minimize it. Why do software products and systems become harder...