Managed Technical Debt

Debt is good. Organizations use it all the time to invest. Technical debt can be good. Are you investing wisely?

Learn more at http://verraes.net/2013/07/managed-technical-debt/

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1. Managed Technical Debt
   @mathiasverraes
   

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2. Is technical debt is like debt with the bank?
   

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3. We've always explained this wrong
   

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4. Technical debt is like
   debt with the mob
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   Alberto Brandolini
   

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6. Legacy is a system
   that is making
   money
   

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7. The cost of ownership
   becomes greater than
   the value it provides
   

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8. Ask your CFO about financial debt
   

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9. Ask your CTO about technical debt
   

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10. Companies take out debt all the time
    

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11. The bad kind is unmanaged debt
    

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12. Technical debt includes
    4 Code
    4 Infrastructure
    4 Automation
    4 Documentation
    4 Knowledge
    4 Bus factor
    4 ...
    

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13. Know your debt
    4 Interest rate
    4 Payment plan
    4 Cost vs value
    

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14. Manage your debt
    

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16. Make a stickie when you encounter it
    

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17. Mark repeated encounters on the stickie
    

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18. Balance DX vs business
    

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19. Boy scout rule
    

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20. New debt requires a team discussion
    

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21. Make
    it
    visual
    

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22. Explain debt to the
    business in the
    universal language
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23. Be responsible:
    manage your debt
    

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24. Domain-Driven Design
    verraes.net/workshops/
    

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25. @mathiasverraes
    verraes.net/2013/07/managed-technical-debt/
    

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