Technical Debt Management

  1. Management and Repayment Strategies
    1. Proactive Debt Management
      1. The Boy Scout Rule
        1. Incremental Improvements
          1. Encouraging Clean Code Practices
            1. Cultural Implementation
            2. Definition of Done including Quality Gates
              1. Incorporating Debt Checks into DoD
                1. Automated Quality Gates
                  1. Continuous Quality Monitoring
                  2. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
                    1. Automated Testing
                      1. Early Detection of Debt
                        1. Quality Feedback Loops
                        2. Preventive Measures
                          1. Code Review Standards
                            1. Architectural Decision Records
                              1. Design Pattern Guidelines
                              2. Quality Metrics Integration
                                1. Development Process Metrics
                                  1. Automated Quality Reporting
                                    1. Trend Monitoring
                                  2. Reactive Debt Repayment
                                    1. Dedicated Refactoring Sprints or Cycles
                                      1. Planning Refactoring Initiatives
                                        1. Measuring Sprint Outcomes
                                          1. Team Capacity Allocation
                                          2. Allocating a Percentage of Capacity
                                            1. Setting Aside Time for Debt Work
                                              1. Monitoring Progress
                                                1. Capacity Planning Strategies
                                                2. Opportunistic Refactoring
                                                  1. Addressing Debt During Feature Work
                                                    1. Guidelines for Opportunistic Fixes
                                                      1. Scope Management
                                                      2. Large-Scale Refactoring and Rewrites
                                                        1. Planning Major Overhauls
                                                          1. Risk Mitigation Strategies
                                                            1. Phased Implementation Approaches
                                                            2. Emergency Debt Response
                                                              1. Critical Debt Identification
                                                                1. Rapid Response Procedures
                                                                  1. Post-incident Debt Analysis
                                                                2. Specific Repayment Techniques
                                                                  1. Code Refactoring Patterns
                                                                    1. Extract Method
                                                                      1. Introduce Parameter Object
                                                                        1. Replace Conditional with Polymorphism
                                                                          1. Rename Method
                                                                            1. Move Method
                                                                              1. Extract Class
                                                                              2. Strangler Fig Pattern for Legacy Systems
                                                                                1. Incremental Replacement
                                                                                  1. Isolating Legacy Components
                                                                                    1. Migration Strategies
                                                                                    2. Branching Strategies for Large Changes
                                                                                      1. Branch by Abstraction
                                                                                        1. Feature Branching
                                                                                          1. Trunk-based Development
                                                                                          2. Test-Driven Development for Safe Refactoring
                                                                                            1. Writing Tests Before Refactoring
                                                                                              1. Ensuring Functional Equivalence
                                                                                                1. Regression Prevention
                                                                                                2. Microservices Migration Patterns
                                                                                                  1. Service Extraction
                                                                                                    1. Database Decomposition
                                                                                                      1. API Gateway Implementation
                                                                                                    2. Debt Repayment Planning
                                                                                                      1. Roadmap Integration
                                                                                                        1. Resource Planning
                                                                                                          1. Timeline Estimation
                                                                                                            1. Success Criteria Definition

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                                                                                                          7. Tools for Technical Debt Management