Misconception - Technical debt is only a developer problem
How the teams I worked with divided technical debt responsibilities among the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Developers
“Technical debt is only a developer concern.”
If only it were that simple.
Over the years, I’ve seen how teams struggle because they put all the responsibility for Technical Debt on Developers while Product Owners and Scrum Masters watch from a distance.
To say the least, technical debt is a team problem.
Everyone, from the Product Owner to the Scrum Master to every Developer, plays a part in managing, prioritizing, and resolving it.
In this post, I’ll break down:
Why does the misconception exist
How you can easily make others understand what technical debt is
How the teams I worked with divided the Technical Debt responsibilities among Scrum Masters and Product Owners
Let’s get started.
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