Technical Credit.

The author offers his opinion on balancing initial investment and long-term results in the software development process. He explains that technical debt (TD) often arises when short-term delivery goals are prioritized over long-term product concerns and explores the opposite of TD, technical credit...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 68; no. 2; pp. 30 - 34
Main Authors:	Gorton, Ian, Bucaioni, Alessio, Pelliccione, Patrizio
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Feb2025
Subjects:	Computer software development Computer software developers Software development tools Computer programming management Organizational goals
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The author offers his opinion on balancing initial investment and long-term results in the software development process. He explains that technical debt (TD) often arises when short-term delivery goals are prioritized over long-term product concerns and explores the opposite of TD, technical credit (TC), which reduces development friction.