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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…

  • References

    Bibliography and citations used in some of my posts, many with links to the published papers or Web pages. Read more…

Recent Posts

  • 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]
  • Two alternatives to retiring legacy technical debt in irreplaceable assetsLegacy technical debt retirement decisions
    Technical debt retirement decisions are difficult and reach far beyond engineering to strategy, organizational forms, budget, staff, timing, and pace. Strategic decisions, as usual, provide the greatest leverage. [More]
  • Guardrails in a track bed as a rail line crosses a bridgeRules of engagement for auxiliary technical debt
    When retiring one kind of technical debt from an asset, auxiliary technical debt is any other kind of technical debt in the asset. It can be tempting to try to retire auxiliary technical debt too. Sometimes that’s wise, but it can lead to scope creep. Rules of engagement can control this temptation. [More]

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