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Defining, Measuring, and Managing Technical Debt

This paper describes Google’s approach to defining and measuring technical debt, along with their efforts to manage it.

Apr 26, 2023
Abstract

Over the past several years, Google made a deliberate effort to better manage technical debt. Of course, managing technical debt is difficult without being able to define or measure it. This paper describes Google’s approach to defining and measuring technical debt, along with their efforts to manage it.

Authors
  • Ciera Jaspan
  • Collin Green

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