Controlling tech debt is very necessary so as to save your business from choking due to faulty codes and tech debts. You must have an effective control over the situation and a firm grip on the debt accumulation, refactoring and management so that it never leads you to a spot of bother. You may want to finish of your work quickly and release an unclean code by cutting the corners while designing to reap the short term benefits but you must also manage, check and control it so that it does not accumulate and reach unmanageable limits to strangle your business entirely.
Do Not Procrastinate
This is the first and most important factor in effective management and control of technical debt. If you delay then it might be fatal for the organization. You will later have to incur heavy loss as well as spend huge cost to make the necessary changes and refactor it to keep it functional. Therefore, even if you feel that you will maintain a small debt to enjoy the benefit, make sure that you manage it well so as to prevent any accumulation of it. Do not ignore it at any time and always have a proper repayment schedule in place to address it whenever necessary. 
Know And Design Your Debt
It is also important to know your tech debt so that you can recognize it whenever you see it and decide whether or not to keep it or refactor it. There has to be areason behind your decision. If you want to keep it then you must think of the immediate benefit that you would enjoy in the short run otherwise do not just ignore it. If you do so then then the developmental objectives and the architecture of your company’s software along with the evolution, will be compromised. Also, designing codes without proper annotations will cause hindrance to your team in the future to debug it without rebuilding it entirely.
Consequences Of A Faulty Code
Faulty codes have several adverse consequences like accumulation of technical debt, costly repairing and testing methods and much more. You will start delivering at a slow rate and whatever code you deliver would not have the desired velocity as well. It will affect your company’s development and growth in an adverse way increasing the cost of maintenance. Also, if you keep on delivering faulty codes and the customers find it of no use then you are also at a risk of losing customers at a fast pace. Therefore, you must know the effects of it before you decide to retain it. You can click here to know more about the effects of tech debt.
Keep A Check Regularly
It is therefore necessary to keep a check on your codes delivered at a regular basis and you can use it by maintaining a proper culture amidst your team to share accountability and responsibility. Create awareness in your organization about tech debt, implement automated testing measures and document it as well. Refactor and rework as soon as you detect a fault, discard any legacy code focusing on the modules which are critical to make a conscious, continuous and accountable decision.
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