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  • Glossary and Terminology

    A collection of definitions of terms as we use them in this blog, with links to longer discussions of each term. Along with each definition is a link to a post that discusses that term in more detail. Read more…

  • Welcome to Technical Debt for Policymakers

    Welcome to Technical Debt for Policymakers. What you’ll find here are resources, insights, and conversations of interest to policymakers who are concerned with managing technical debt within their organizations. Read more…

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  • An LED traffic lightRefactoring for policymakers
    To refactor an asset is to apply a series of small, behavior-preserving changes to improve the structure of the asset. When effects are observable externally, they’re very specific, usually related to attributes such as quality and usability. [More]
  • In-House or Outsource?Outsourcing Technical Debt Retirement Projects
    Because situational details are so important, there’s no formula for choosing to outsource technical debt retirement projects. But there are guidelines. [More]
  • Collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, MinnesotaAutomation-assisted technical debt retirement
    When we retire technical debt from assets, service disruptions might be necessary. Automating some procedures can minimize those disruptions and avoid errors and rework. [More]
  • A sinking rowboatControlling incremental technical debt
    Organizations are more likely to gain control of their legacy technical debt portfolio if they begin by controlling the transformation of incremental technical debt into legacy technical debt. [More]
  • Electricity pylons, Hamilton Beach, Ontario, CanadaRetiring localizable technical debt
    Technical debt that appears as discrete chunks—localizable technical debt—is more readily retired, because we can do it incrementally, piece by piece. It’s a particularly manageable challenge. [More]

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