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Technical Debt on Agile Projects: Managers’ point of view at Stack Exchange

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Eder Pereira Santos,

Manoel Mendonça,

Thiago Souto Mendes,

Rodrigo SpínolaAuthors Info & Claims

SBQS '22: Proceedings of the XXI Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality

Article No.: 20, Pages 1 - 9

https://doi.org/10.1145/3571473.3571500

Published: 27 January 2023 Publication History

Abstract

Context: The literature has proposed different approaches for Agile software development technical debt (ASD-TD) management, they are usually based on the point of view of software developers. Little is known about how project management practitioners actually perceive ASD-TD. Goal: To investigate how managers commonly discuss, experience, and manage ASD-TD, as well as roles, artifacts, and practices affected by ASD-TD extracted from Stack Exchange Project Management (SEPM). Method: We compiled 79 ASD-TD discussions from SEPM, and analyzed them quantitatively and qualitatively. Results: We identified 51 indicators used by managers to recognize ASD-TD items. The most commonly discussed types of TD are process and people debt. In addition, the Product Owner and Development Team are the most important roles with respect to ASD-TD. Sprint Backlog and Sprint Planning are the agile elements most affected by ASD-TD. We organized the TD indicators, roles involved, and agile elements affected by ASD-TD into a Mind Map. Conclusion: The perspective considered by project management practitioners to analyze the ASD-TD phenomenon is different from the one considered by other roles in agile software development.

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Technical Debt on Agile Projects: Managers’ point of view at Stack Exchange
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2. Software and its engineering
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    1. Software post-development issues
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SBQS '22: Proceedings of the XXI Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality

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