Startups and Technical Debt: Managing Technical Debt with Visual Thinking

Abstract

This position paper addresses the issue of startups and technical debt. Early stage startups condition makes creating technical debt an almost mandatory decision. Not managing technical debt can be deadly for a startup as fast product iteration cycle is necessary. We here introduce a technique for managing technical debt based on Visual Thinking. The technique addresses the problem of knowing how much debt is in place and how it is affecting the development cycle.