PMI-ACP · Question #411
In Agile development, what is the term for the internal things that you choose not to do now, knowing they will impede future development if left undone?
The correct answer is C. Technical debt. Technical debt is the concept (coined by Ward Cunningham) describing the implied cost of future rework caused by choosing an easy or expedient solution now instead of a better approach. It includes deferred refactoring, shortcuts in design, lack of tests, poor documentation…
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In Agile development, what is the term for the internal things that you choose not to do now, knowing they will impede future development if left undone?
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- AEscaped defects
- BVerification and validation results
- CTechnical debt
- DIntrinsic quality
How the community answered
(27 responses)- A4% (1)
- B7% (2)
- C89% (24)
Explanation
Technical debt is the concept (coined by Ward Cunningham) describing the implied cost of future rework caused by choosing an easy or expedient solution now instead of a better approach. It includes deferred refactoring, shortcuts in design, lack of tests, poor documentation, and other internal quality issues. Like financial debt, it accrues 'interest' - the longer it goes unaddressed, the harder and more expensive future development becomes. Escaped defects are bugs found after release; intrinsic quality refers to built-in quality attributes; V&V results are outputs of testing processes.
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