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Technical debt is good!
A 5 minute lightning talk at the ACCU conferenceOxford, April 13-16 2011
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http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TechnicalDebtQuadrant.html
Technical Debt Quadrant
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"Let's upgrade this external library before the next release instead"
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"Let's upgrade this external library before the next release instead"
INFORMED
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"We do not have time to plan these activities"
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"We do not have time to plan these activities"
IDIOTIC
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"Hmm, this is not as elegant as I hoped for"
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"Hmm, this is not as elegant as I hoped for"
INEVITABLE
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"What is polymorphism?"
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"What is polymorphism?"
INEPT
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"Ah, now we understand how we should have done it"
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"Ah, now we understand how we should have done it"
LEARNING
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"Let's copy-paste this code, then fix just what we need"
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"Let's copy-paste this code, then fix just what we need"
STUPID
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"Let's copy-paste this code, then fix just what we need"
CONSIDEREDSTUPID
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"Let us just ship the product, then deal with the consequeces"
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INTENTIO
NAL
"Let us just ship the product, then deal with the consequeces"
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INFORMED
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INFORMED
IDIOTIC
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INFORMED
IDIOTIC
INEVITABLE
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INFORMED
IDIOTIC
INEVITABLE
INEPT
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INFORMED
IDIOTIC
INEVITABLE
INEPT LEARNING
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INFORMED
IDIOTIC
INEVITABLE
INEPT LEARNING
STUPID
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INFORMED
IDIOTIC
INEVITABLE
INEPT LEARNING
CONSIDERED
STUPID
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INFORMED
IDIOTIC
INEVITABLE
INEPT LEARNING
CONSIDERED
STUPID INTENTIO
NAL
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INFORMED
IDIOTIC
INEVITABLE
INEPT LEARNING
INTENTIO
NALCONSIDERED
STUPID
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INFORMED
IDIOTIC
INTENTIO
NALCONSIDERED
STUPID
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INFORMEDWISE
INTENTIO
NAL
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“The savvy developer treats technical debt just as the entrepreneur does financial debt. They use it. It speeds delivery, so long as it is properly managed.” (quote from a wiki)
(source: http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?TechnicalDebt)
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Greed is good!
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Technical debt is good!