SPaMCAST 648 - Technical Debt, Code As A Liability, A Conversation With Alex Omeyer

Alex Omeyer and I discussed defining, tracking, and measuring technical debt. Technical debt generates a liability that every organization must deal with. As Alex states, "tech debt might not be the sexiest topic" but if teams and organizations don't address their liabilities it will be difficult to deliver the value customers need and expect. We also talk about the practicalities of pivoting life ambitions and entrepreneurship. Alex is the Co-founder and CEO of Stepsize. Alex personally spends most of his time speaking to the best software development teams in the world about how they handle technical debt. Hit him up to talk tech debt. He loves to share what they taught him. Alex and his co-founders are building Stepsize—a free tool for engineering teams to track and prioritize technical debt. Stepsize's mission is to make software development more accessible, efficient, and powerful. Website: https://www.stepsize.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-omeyer-060a0175/ Twitter @AlexOmeyer The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the Global Scrum Master Summit. The First Global Scrum Master Summit Week of May 17th, 2021, Live and Recorded Organized by the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast http://bit.ly/scrummastersummit21 The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the DevOps Online Summit. Last call! The DevOps Online Summit is nearly here! During the week of April 26th – 30th Tom Henricksen and crew will deliver the third summit. The goal is to bring together 5000 DevOps professionals. Grab a ticket! Re-Read Saturday News Chapter 11 in Fixing Your Scrum, Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems, by Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller, talks about the sprint backlog. The sprint backlog is the work teams do on a day-to-day basis. If you have not bought your copy -- what are you waiting for? Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems This Week's Installment Week 11: Sprint Backlog - https://bit.ly/3njezit Previous Installments Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Front Matter - https://bit.ly/3mgz9P6 Week 2: A Brief Introduction To Scrum, and Why Scrum Goes Bad - https://bit.ly/37w4Dv9 Week 3: Breaking Bad Scrum with a Value-Driven Approach - http://bit.ly/3stGc9Q Week 4: The Product Owner - https://bit.ly/3qpKvSn Week 5: The Product Backlog - http://bit.ly/3cAEk9c Week 6: The Development Team - http://bit.ly/2OLVAAs Week 7: Embracing The Scrum Master Role - https://bit.ly/3m0HB5D Week 8: Management - https://bit.ly/31Kv39l Week 9: Thinking In Sprints - https://bit.ly/321wXTg Week 10: Sprint Planning - https://bit.ly/3stWOhx Next SPaMCAST In the next SPaMCAST, we talk to Tammy Gretz. Experimentation is a dirty word in many organizations. Tammy explains how she uses powerful experiments to change the behavior and culture of people and organizations. Thanks to the Women in Agile, Cleveland for the great introduction!