5 strategies for managing technical debt before it’s too late

Technical debt accumulates when teams postpone code maintenance, yet only 27 percent of product teams dedicate time to address it, creating friction between product managers and engineers. Five key strategies can help manage this debt: incorporating relevant tech debt tasks into regular sprints, making it measurable through metrics like engineering productivity and maintenance costs, regularly evaluating debt as part of roadmap planning, involving tech leads early in development, and creating dedicated mini-sprints for remediation.