Technical Debt: When It Works and When It Doesn't

Daniel Viveiros, chief technology officer at CI&T, recommended that teams keep the big picture in mind when making the right tradeoffs. “For me, it’s about putting the business first and understanding that constantly activating value is imperative for success,” he said. “Well-managed technical debt can be an effective tool to shorten the lead time. Deferring refactorings, modernization efforts and other common debts in order to prioritize deployments is a constant tradeoff the engineering teams deal with on a daily basis.”