Managing Software Debt - Building for Inevitable Change

Shipping imperfect software is like going into debt. When you incur debt, the illusion of doing things faster can lead to exponential growth in the cost of maintaining software. Software debt takes five major forms: technical, quality, configuration management, design, and platform experience.

In today's rush to market, software debt is inevitable. And that's okay--if you're careful about the debt you incur, and if you quickly pay it back. In Managing Software Debt, leading Agile expert Chris Sterling shows how understanding software debt can help you move products to market faster, with a realistic plan for refactoring them based on experience.

Writing for all Agile software professionals, Sterling explains why you're going into software debt whether you know it or not--and why the interest on that debt can bring projects to a standstill. Next, he thoroughly explains each form of software debt, showing how to plan for it intelligently and repay it successfully. You'll learn why accepting software debt is not the same as deliberate sloppiness, and you'll learn how to use the software debt concept to systematically improve architectural agility.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Sterling
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman, Amsterdam
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2011
• EAN: 9780321554130
• ISBN: 978-0-321-55413-0
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 232 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Series: The Agile Software Development Series; The Agile Software Development Series
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT