Getting business buy-in to address technical debt
Staff engineers, decision-making, metrics, strategy
Staff engineers, decision-making, metrics, strategy
Technical debt isn't just about messy code or slow releases—it's a hidden cost that affects productivity, team morale, and your ability to deliver business value. For senior individual contributors, the challenge isn't just identifying technical debt but effectively framing and addressing it in a way that gains organisational buy-in.
This workshop focuses on equipping you with the tools to tackle technical debt strategically.
You'll learn how to evaluate its broader impact on people, processes, and the business, moving beyond the code to see the bigger picture.
We'll explore how to measure technical debt in actionable ways, align efforts with business priorities, and communicate its significance across disciplines. The workshop addresses a critical pain point: technical debt initiatives often fail because they're seen as purely technical issues rather than organisational challenges. By shifting the narrative, you'll learn to position technical debt as a shared responsibility, helping stakeholders understand when it's critical to act and when it's okay to wait.
Through hands-on exercises and real-world examples, this session will help you turn technical debt from a burden into an opportunity to improve systems, strengthen teams, and align technical work with business success.
3 hours (approximately with a break)