Do bugs and technical debt make you want to pull your hair out? Does your backlog never seem to shrink but only grow? Is your velocity (and roadmap) unpredictable too?

Yes? Then this is a session for you!

First we'll cover the different types of technical debt. Once you can recognise them you are ready apply a few simple tactics that will help you get a hold on your technical debt that keeps pilling up whilst slowing down your delivery frequency at the same time.

During this session you'll also learn more about (data-driven) decision making (including tools/models), DevOps- and Lean principles like 'Good is good enough' or 'Decide as late as possible' and how these (attitudes) will accelerates your teams decisiveness and flow.

Join us and learn how to obtain a balanced delivery system for features, bug fixes and solving technical debt.

Presented at:
- DevConf Poland (2023)
- Ya!vaConf (2023)
- Conf42 DevOps (2024)

Target audience: Both engineers and non-engineers who have experienced working with agile practices like 'scrum' at some point in their career.

Technical requirements: no extra/special requirements

preferred duration: 45/50 min.

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fynUdECBKb4&list=PL8BUDiR2Y8YuD1K4rLbZMSvAlM62H6PGx&index=19