Visualize Technical Debt on Scrum board

This post is part of 101 ideas for agile teams.

Context

More and more technical debt is getting accumulated and not being payed back.

Action

Put cards for technical debt actions onto the Scrum board so that they are highly visible to the team.

What you gain

Tech debt is paid back sooner.

Tech debt does not accumulate unnoticed. Some day the board is just full with cards.

How to strengthen

Use a physical board, not a software tool.

Risks

Team works on technical debt actions instead of high prioritized Sprint backlog items. Plan how much capacity goes where: features, support, pay back technical debt, innovation.

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