3 papers
cs.SE2026
A Practical Guide for Establishing a Technical Debt Management Process (Preprint)
Marion Wiese, Kamila Serwa, Eva Bittner
Context. Technical Debt (TD) refers to short-term beneficial software solutions that impede future changes, making TD management essential. However, establishing a TD management (T…
cs.SE2026
A Practical Guide to Establishing Technical Debt Management (TDM Guide for Practitioners)
Marion Wiese
This white paper provides an overview of the topic of "technical debt" and presents an approach for managing technical debt in teams. The white paper is based on the results of my…
cs.SE2025
Establishing Technical Debt Management -- A Five-Step Workshop Approach and an Action Research Study
Marion Wiese, Kamila Serwa, Anastasia Besier +2
Context. Technical debt (TD) items are constructs in a software system providing short-term benefits but hindering future changes. TD management (TDM) is frequently researched but…