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Technical Debt: What Is It & How Do I Avoid It?

ProjectManager.com

There’s a term to explain this idea: technical debt. And like any form of debt, it must not be taken on lightly. And like any form of debt, it must not be taken on lightly. If you’re about to embark on a new project, take a moment to read about what technical debt is and why you’ll want to avoid it at all costs.

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What Is Technical Debt?

Wrike

Technical debt, like financial debt, is incurred by borrowing from the future to complete projects in the present. But what is technical debt, exactly? In project management or software development, technical debt is a metaphor for the cost or consequence of prioritizing delivery over performance. .

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How Cross-Functionality makes for a more effective Sprint Planning (56)

Scrum.org

A self-managing team is taking decisions about who does what, when, and how. What can be Done this Sprint? what is expected more specifically for Sprint Planning? Without even trying to being exhaustive, here are a skills I would expect the team to use: Analytical: What does this item imply? Why is the Sprint valuable?

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Definition Of Done (DOD) Explanation and Example

Scrum.org

The formal description of the Definition of Done First, let's look at what the Scrum Guide 2020 has to say about the DOD. The DOD creates transparency by providing everyone a shared understanding of what work was completed as part of the Increment. Pushing off the change to the DOD will possibly create technical debt.

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Motivational debt — it will fix itself, right?

Scrum.org

What drives you to achieve? This blog will explore how to avoid falling into that trap and some of the common dysfunctions it causes. Recently I was sat in a conference and listening to the speaker talk about the concept of motivational debt. Motivational debt is a hidden cost to product delivery. Skill mastery?

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What is Technical Debt?

Scrum.org

Technical debt is a plague on software development in companies big and small. But what is it? What problems does it cause? Watch this video blog from Robert Pieper, CEO of Responsive Advisors to find out. . . How can we remove it?

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How agile is your team (and what you can do about it!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

However, at the same time, they are often not given the time to tackle technical debt, learn new skills or improve how they work. So, what can you do about this? This is a guest article by David Daly. Did you know, one survey found that the most common reason to adopt agile is to be able to deliver products more quickly?