RICHARD BRENNER

The common understanding of principal in the context of financial debts doesn't apply to technical debt. Formulating sound technical debt policy depends on understanding the nature of the difference between the principal of a financial debt and the metaphorical principal associated with technical debt... Assuming that the culture of an organization affects its ability to manage technical debt, a reasonable goal might be to define a set of attributes an organizational culture should have if the people of the organization want to limit the role of culture in the formation and persistence of technical debt. This group of posts explores how culture and technical debt interact... This blog offers resources, insights, and conversations of interest to policymakers who are concerned with managing technical debt within their organizations.