Tech Debt Game

David Croley, Agile Player-Coach, presented Tech Debt - Understanding its Sources and Impacts Through a Game at the Keep Austin Agile conference.

Definition of Technical Debt:

• A useful metaphor similar to financial debt

• "Interest" is incurred in the form of costlier development effort

• Can be paid down through refactoring the implementation

• Unlike monetary debt, it is difficult to quantify

Impact of Tech Debt

• Long delivery times

• Poor customer responsiveness

• Mounting defects

• Frustrated and poor performing teams

• Late deliveries

• Rising development costs

Understanding its Sources and Impacts through a Game includes:

• Demonstrate how unresolved Technical Debt impacts a development team's efficiency,

• Learn sources

• Realize possible solutions

Click here to see the slide deck.

Click here to download the game.

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