Technical debt

Technical debt (also known as design debt or code debt, but can be also related to other technical endeavors) is a concept in software development that reflects the implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy (limited) solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer.

1. What is an example of technical debt?
2. Is technical debt bad?
3. How do you get rid of technical debt?
4. How do technical debts work?

What is an example of technical debt?

Technical debt can also be accrued inadvertently. For example, it's common for teams to drop their internal best practices and review standards when under a tight timeline. ... In this example, the team didn't realize they were making trade-offs because they were simply moving as fast as they could.

Is technical debt bad?

Technical debt isn't inherently bad. But, like financial debt, it can cause serious problems if you don't pay it back. This is because choosing the easy option over the best one is a short-term fix. In the long term, the weaker option leads to weaker software.

How do you get rid of technical debt?

In order to reduce technical debt, they must adopt a new approach to integration that facilitates long-term thinking. An approach that drives teams to think about not only delivering projects on-time in the short-term, but also building a long-term vision for future projects.

How do technical debts work?

There is a number of processes and techniques to keep technical debt under control, including:

1. defining and tracking debt.
2. prioritizing debt tasks.
3. agile development approach.
4. regular meetings of owners, managers, and engineers.
5. setting coding standards.
6. instituting code/design/test reviews.
7. automated tests.
8. code refactoring.