Technical Debt: Maintaining Software Long Term

Software often becomes less maintainable the longer development teams work on it. The metaphor “technical debt” has been established for this. But technical debt can happen “just like that” and it doesn’t always make sense to eliminate it. That’s what this talk is about - and about the foundations of the metaphor, how it helps when communicating with managers, why the metaphor is actually not very well chosen, and of course how to deal with technical debt in a sensible way.

Date: 2022-09-20
Time: 14:00 - 14:50
Online Event: JCON Online 2022

Speaker

Eberhard Wolff Alumnus

Eberhard Wolff worked as a Fellow at INNOQ until July 2023, advising clients on architectures and technologies. His technological focus is on modern architecture approaches – cloud, continuous delivery, DevOps, or microservices often play a significant role. He is the author of over a hundred articles and books, including on topics such as Microservices, Microservice Technologies, and Continuous Delivery.

Technical Debt: Maintaining Software Long Term

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