Technical Debt in Practice: How to Find It and Fix It

by Rick Kazman, Julian Delange, Neil Ernst

The practical implications of technical debt for the entire software lifecycle; with examples and case studies.

Technical debt in software is incurred when developers take shortcuts and make ill-advised technical decisions in the initial phases of a project, only to be confronted with the need for costly and labor-intensive workarounds later. This book offers advice on how to avoid technical debt, how to locate its sources, and how to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262542110
• ISBN13: 9780262542111
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"