https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Technical Excellence News feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/02/prevent-repay-technical-debt/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Technical+Excellence-news <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2024/02/prevent-repay-technical-debt/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1707927341737.jpg"/><p>Tech leads, project managers, and managers can prevent technical debt by giving software developers more time; in addition, they can plan for spare time and refactoring sprints to allow teams to improve code. To prioritise technical debt, development teams can show how much time we can save if we invest, and how complicated the software will become in the future if we don’t repay technical debt.</p> <i>By Ben Linders</i> Technical Excellence Collaboration Code Quality Leadership Technical Debt Unit Testing Team Leader Agile Conferences Development Culture & Methods news Thu, 15 Feb 2024 11:09:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/02/prevent-repay-technical-debt/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Technical+Excellence-news Ben Linders 2024-02-15T11:09:00Z /news/2024/02/prevent-repay-technical-debt/en