Posted by As an Engineering Manager, I play a crucial role in managing technical debt. It involves identifying, prioritising and executing improvements. It’s the manager’s job to balance between improving the existing codebase and delivering new features.
You will have key responsibilities such as code reviews, advocating for coding standards and allocating time for refactoring and updates, areas that requires constant attention.
Through the challenges you will face pushback from stakeholders, proper risk management and success requires a mix of knowhow and leadership skills.
To be effective, I have to maintain open communication about technical debt among my team members and stakeholders. Any action has to be leveraged towards ensuring the team effort align with the business’s goals.
Ultimately, managing technical debt isn’t just about fixing code, it’s about creating a sustainable engineering culture where innovation thrives, teams remain productive, and the business continues to grow without being weighed down by past decisions.
Here is an example of technical debt item part of a technical roadmap:
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