Technical Debt Is Killing Your Business

Technical debt can cause critical issues for organizations. Every year an organization does not address these issues brings them closer to ruin. Some businesses even have to shut their doors due to irreconcilable technical debt that conventional solutions alone cannot address. Arlo Belshee, full-stack Agile developer and technical coach, shares insightful knowledge on building better software, specifically as it pertains to what he calls safeguarding: "a simple, 22-minute practice that allows you to find, fund, and then execute real changes to your process and product." One of the things that makes fixing technical debt so difficult is that "there is no one problem of technical debt." Belshee advocates for empowering teams to own problems, to know what's going on in their part of the system and to work quickly to address these problems. Accenture | SolutionsIQ's Stas Zvinyatskovsky hosts at the Deliver: Agile Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The Agile Amped podcast is the shared voice of the Agile community, driven by compelling stories, passionate people, and innovative ideas. Together, we are advancing the impact of business agility. Podcast library: www.agileamped.com Connect with us on social media!  Twitter: twitter.com/AgileAmped  Facebook: www.facebook.com/agileamped  Instagram: www.instagram.com/agileamped/