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—As technical debt (TD) potentially occurs as a result of poor decisions that affect software development tasks, one might expect that practitioners following different process models, such as agile, hybrid or traditional, ...

Context: Architectural decisions are considered one of the most common sources of technical debt (TD). Thus, it is necessary to understand how TD is perceived by software architects, particularly, the practices supporting ...

On the relationship between technical debt management and process models
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Rios, Nicolli | 2021-02-10

—As technical debt (TD) potentially occurs as a result of poor decisions that affect software development tasks, one might expect that practitioners following different process models, such as agile, hybrid or traditional, will perceive and manage the effects of TD differently. This study investigates the potential relationship between development process models and TD effects and their management by surveying 432 practitioners from software organizations in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and the United States. Results indicate that, although opinions about debt prevention and repayment are the same regardless of the process model, there are differences in how practitioners monitor and feel the effects of TD. Development teams can use our findings to have a clearer view of the possible effects and managerial influence of TD in their projects for each type of process model.

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Technical debt payment and prevention through the lenses of software architects
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Pérez, Boris | 2021-12

Context: Architectural decisions are considered one of the most common sources of technical debt (TD). Thus, it is necessary to understand how TD is perceived by software architects, particularly, the practices supporting the elimination of debt items from projects, and the practices used to reduce the chances of TD occurrence. Objective: This paper investigates the most commonly used practices to pay off TD and to prevent debt occurrence in software projects from the architect’s point of view. Method: We used the available data from InsighTD, which is a globally distributed family of industrial surveys on the causes, effects, and management of TD. We analyze responses from a corpus of 72 software architects from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and the United States. Results: Results showed that refactoring (30.2%) was the main practice related to TD payment, followed by design improvements (14.0%). Refactoring, design improvements, and test improvements are the most cited payment practices among cases of code, design and test debt. Concerning the TD preventive practices, we find that having a well-defined architecture and design is the most cited practice (13.6%), followed by having a well-defined scope and requirements. This last practice is the most cited one for expert software architects. Finally, when comparing preventive practices among the three major roles derived from the survey (software architects, engineer roles, and management roles), we found that none of the roles shared the most cited practice, meaning that each role had its worries and focus on different strategies to reduce TD’s presence in the software. Conclusion: The lists of TD payment and prevention practices can guide software teams by having a catalog of practices to keep debt controlled or reduced.

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Technical debt payment and prevention through the lenses of software architects ﻿

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On the relationship between technical debt management and process models

Technical debt payment and prevention through the lenses of software architects

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On the relationship between technical debt management and process models

Technical debt payment and prevention through the lenses of software architects