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AA178 - Navigating Technical Debt: Balancing Speed, Quality & User Needs

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In this episode of the Arguing Agile podcast, Enterprise Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando are joined by Alex Polyakov, CEO of Project Simple (https://projectsimple.ai) for an immersive discussion of the complex topic of technical debt.
They discuss what technical debt really means, when it can be beneficial vs harmful, and strategies for prioritizing and paying down tech debt while still delivering value to users. Learn how to have productive conversations about technical debt with your development teams and stakeholders.
technical debt, agile development, product management, refactoring, software architecture, prioritization, user needs, agile transformation, arguing agile podcast
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Chapters

1. Podcast Intro (00:00:00)

2. Topic Intro: Technical Debt (00:00:11)

3. What is Technical Debt (00:00:43)

4. "A Mess" Is NOT Technical Debt (00:03:02)

5. Pitching Debt Reduction (00:06:36)

6. Types of Technical Debt (00:10:36)

7. Intentional Decision-Making (00:12:07)

8. Agile Path to Value (00:16:23)

9. Separate Tech Debt Backlogs (00:18:23)

10. Refactoring (00:21:18)

11. Incented on Speed (00:22:44)

12. Who Pays for Debt (00:24:54)

13. Causes of Debt (00:26:56)

14. Just-in-Time Design (00:31:03)

15. Agile Doesn't Work Here (00:34:22)

16. Refactoring, A Deeper Dive (00:36:56)

17. Discussing and Aligning on Value (00:41:47)

18. Balancing Debt with User Needs (00:43:59)

19. Wrap-Up (00:48:06)

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In this episode of the Arguing Agile podcast, Enterprise Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando are joined by Alex Polyakov, CEO of Project Simple (https://projectsimple.ai) for an immersive discussion of the complex topic of technical debt.
They discuss what technical debt really means, when it can be beneficial vs harmful, and strategies for prioritizing and paying down tech debt while still delivering value to users. Learn how to have productive conversations about technical debt with your development teams and stakeholders.
technical debt, agile development, product management, refactoring, software architecture, prioritization, user needs, agile transformation, arguing agile podcast
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Watch it on YouTube
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Subscribe to our YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8XUSoJPxGPI8EtuUAHOb6g?sub_confirmation=1
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agile-podcast/id1568557596
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/362QvYORmtZRKAeTAE57v3
Amazon Music:
https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ee3506fc-38f2-46d1-a301-79681c55ed82/Agile-Podcast
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Toronto Is My Beat (Music Sample)
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CC BY 4.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)

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Chapters

1. Podcast Intro (00:00:00)

2. Topic Intro: Technical Debt (00:00:11)

3. What is Technical Debt (00:00:43)

4. "A Mess" Is NOT Technical Debt (00:03:02)

5. Pitching Debt Reduction (00:06:36)

6. Types of Technical Debt (00:10:36)

7. Intentional Decision-Making (00:12:07)

8. Agile Path to Value (00:16:23)

9. Separate Tech Debt Backlogs (00:18:23)

10. Refactoring (00:21:18)

11. Incented on Speed (00:22:44)

12. Who Pays for Debt (00:24:54)

13. Causes of Debt (00:26:56)

14. Just-in-Time Design (00:31:03)

15. Agile Doesn't Work Here (00:34:22)

16. Refactoring, A Deeper Dive (00:36:56)

17. Discussing and Aligning on Value (00:41:47)

18. Balancing Debt with User Needs (00:43:59)

19. Wrap-Up (00:48:06)

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