**Global Technical Debt Nears 7 Billion Story Points, Calls for Market Regulation Grow**
Jakub Dering
Tech Lead For Performance Engineers/ Conference Speaker/ Performance Testing
The global technical debt is on the verge of reaching a staggering 7 billion story points, sparking discussions about the need for market regulation and challenging Jira's dominance as the primary issuer of story points.
Technical debt, the cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer, has become a significant concern in the software development industry. As projects accumulate technical debt, future development slows down, making it increasingly difficult to implement new features.
Story points, units of measure used to express the overall effort required to implement a user story, have become a crucial aspect of managing software projects. Despite their widespread use, story points are not a currency but rather a relative measure to estimate work.
Critics argue that Jira, a widely-used tool for tracking issues and managing projects, holds a monopoly on the issuance of story points. Although alternatives like Trello, Asana, Monday.com, and GitHub Projects exist, many development teams remain reliant on Jira's platform.
The concept of regulating the technical debt market and standardizing story points has gained traction. However, the complexity and variability of software projects present challenges to enforcing universal standards. Development practices and tools often need to be tailored to specific team dynamics and project requirements.
The notion of developers having "technical credit scores" based on their handling of technical debt has emerged as a creative yet controversial idea. This analogy emphasizes the importance of maintaining high code quality and accountability within development teams. In practice, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, regular code reviews, and proper documentation is seen as a more practical and effective approach.
Agile Expert, Juan Manuel T. was available for comment:
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Jesus! I don’t know where to start. This is just… dumb! (... ) Personally, this is the dumbest thing I’ve read regarding Agile since that proposal of Agile 2.0.
As the global technical debt continues to climb, industry experts and stakeholders are increasingly calling for innovative solutions to manage and mitigate its impact. The debate over how to best address these challenges is set to shape the future of software development practices.
This blog post is satirical, but the technical debt is a real problem affecting your velocity and quality of deliveries.
Aiming to change the way that the testing world thinks.
7 个月Very good. But also very poignant!
Web Performance Analyst | Dynatrace SME
9 个月I blame sketchy stories!
Tech Lead For Performance Engineers/ Conference Speaker/ Performance Testing
9 个月Juan Manuel T.
DevPerfOps enthusiast. Expert performance engineer.
9 个月I thought you had finally lost it until I remembered you are a perfluencer ??
Sr Software Engineer
9 个月Software is becoming increasingly complex, leading to a rise in technical debt. However, this issue often goes unnoticed until it results in a “security problem”.