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Better Now Than Later: Managing Technical Debt in Systems Development.

Technical debt is incurred when development project tasks are deferred either unintentionally or deliberately. Detecting and mitigating this debt, including controlling it through risk management techniques, can help avoid or address common project pitfalls, such as late delivery, team burnout, and...

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Published in:Computer (00189162) Vol. 50; no. 5; pp. 80 - 88
Main Authors: Fairley, Richard E., Willshire, Mary Jane
Format: Article
Published: IEEE May2017
Subjects:
Systems development
Computer programming
Enterprise value
Teams
Computer science
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Technical debt is incurred when development project tasks are deferred either unintentionally or deliberately. Detecting and mitigating this debt, including controlling it through risk management techniques, can help avoid or address common project pitfalls, such as late delivery, team burnout, and cost overruns.