Tag: Technical Debt

Is There Any Agreement on Measuring Technical Debt?
There are many ways to calculate technical debt. Read about CISQ’s automated approach and why we think it’s great.
Bill Curtis
Nov 6, 2020
Building a Better Business Case for Legacy Modernization
Software Intelligence Helps Teams Speed Modernization and Reduce Technical Debt.
Lev Lesokhin
May 1, 2019
Legacy Modernization: 8 Key Challenges for 2019
How CAST helps legacy modernization projects.
Philippe Guerin
Apr 29, 2019
‘No pain, no gain?’ How about ‘little pain, great gain?’
While it’s important for CIOs to remain in-the-know, it’s also imperative for CIOs to support business outcomes with today’s technologies while preparing for the future.
Frederic Veron
Mar 15, 2019
Uncovering Technical Debt Through Data-Driven Management
Examining New Technical Debt Research from the Software Engineering Institute.
Jodi Rosenblum
Nov 8, 2018
Can Every Business Be Like Netflix?
Software Ate My Homework - Podcast Episode #1
Pete Pizzutillo
Nov 1, 2018
IT Modernization Challenges and Recommendations to Tackle by 2020
Takeaways from the 2018 Imagine Nation ELC Conference.
Pete Pizzutillo
Oct 25, 2018
Melding Software Quality and Software Craftsmanship
How Product Owners and Software Engineers Can Unite Quality and Craft for Improved Business Outcomes.
Kyle Christiansen
Sep 24, 2018
Is Didier Deschamps a Champion of Software Intelligence?
What CIOs can learn from the leader of world-class soccer champions.
Philippe Guerin
Aug 29, 2018
Technical Debt: New MGT Act Seeks to Mitigate Technical Debt and Empower CIO Innovation
How should government agencies use their incentive to modernize IT?
Jodi Rosenblum
Aug 17, 2018
How is Technical Debt Affecting Your Compound Interest with Customers?
Don't let new features distract you from true customer experience priorities. Why eliminating technical debt can be a bigger game-changer than you think.
Natalie Warnert
May 30, 2018
Technical Debt in Legacy Functionality: Prevent Accrued Interest
Stephanie W.
May 17, 2018
Technical Debt for Continuous Innovation: Strategies to Avoid
Strategies to fix technical debt is a topic that’s not going unnoticed this year.
Stephanie W.
Mar 9, 2018
Technical Debt: 3 Biggest Organizational Mistakes
Technical debt is a huge problem for many organizations today and if it’s not being addressed, it’s growing. Growing technical debt takes away from funds for innovation, and instead uses it toward maintenance.
Stephanie W.
Feb 1, 2018
Technical Debt: CISQ Releases New Standard to Define and Measure Technical Debt
Technical Debt standards have been debated for many years.  And now CISQ (Consortium for IT Software Quality) has released standard that not only measures by automates technical debt calculation in complex software systems.
Stephanie W.
Jan 2, 2018
The Pain Point of Technical Debt
Technical debt is at the top of developers pain points, and according to some this is due to a flurry of new development styles that have come into vogue. The software industry's focus on rapid application development, as necessary for business agility, has furthered the problem of technical debt. Fast implementation of containers and microservices lead to DevOps teams facing serious tech debt management issues.
Stephanie W.
Feb 1, 2017
Technical Debt The Right Way
A distinction that we always try to make in our posts is that there is both good and bad technical debt. This is similar to how there are ways in which financial debt can be used to strategically help a company
Stephanie W.
Jan 30, 2017
CISQ to Develop Technical Debt Standard Measure
As we quickly head into the new year - the Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) is working to develop a new measure for technical debt.
Stephanie W.
Dec 29, 2016
Technical Debt & Safety Critical Systems in Automobiles: The Road Ahead
Cars are no longer simple pieces of machinery, but have evolved into highly integrated pieces of technology - with software embedded into all their critical systems.
Stephanie W.
Dec 27, 2016
How To Reframe Technical Debt: A Painter and A Paint Bucket
As a metaphor, technical debt relies on the fact that those who hear it understand the financial concepts that the metaphor relies on.
Stephanie W.
Dec 21, 2016