The Right Amount of Technical Debt in an Agile Context
Ciolkowski, Marcus; Diebold, Philipp; Janes, Andrea; Lenarduzzi, Valentina (2025-01-11)
Springer
11.01.2025
Ciolkowski, M., Diebold, P., Janes, A., Lenarduzzi, V. (2025). The Right Amount of Technical Debt in an Agile Context. In: Marchesi, L., et al. Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops. XP 2024. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 524. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72781-8_27
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Agile and technical debt management should have a symbiotic relationship, as technical debt was conceived as a metaphor (or tool) to balance the benefits of taking shortcuts for early release and user feedback with the responsibility of ‘repairing’ the effects of these trade-offs. Agile processes provide the necessary flexibility to achieve this balance. However, in reality, feature greed often takes over, making it difficult for development teams to ensure that technical debt is repaid. This paper discusses experiences and best practices to address Technical Debt in an Agile context.
Agile and technical debt management should have a symbiotic relationship, as technical debt was conceived as a metaphor (or tool) to balance the benefits of taking shortcuts for early release and user feedback with the responsibility of ‘repairing’ the effects of these trade-offs. Agile processes provide the necessary flexibility to achieve this balance. However, in reality, feature greed often takes over, making it difficult for development teams to ensure that technical debt is repaid. This paper discusses experiences and best practices to address Technical Debt in an Agile context.
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