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Managing Technical Debt

Maintenance & Evolution

Software Engineering Prompts10/19/2025
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Define Technical Debt. List 4 factors (e.g., rushing to market, poor design) that lead to its accumulation. Propose a sustainable strategy for allocating development time (e.g., a percentage of each sprint) to address this debt.

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