Comments on: Technical Debt: The Threshold of Acceptable Pain http://blog.technoetic.com/2006/09/19/threshold-of-pain/ Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: LudovicoVan http://blog.technoetic.com/2006/09/19/threshold-of-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-2137 LudovicoVan Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:05:17 +0000 http://blog.technoetic.com/2006/09/19/technical-debt-the-threshold-of-acceptable-pain/#comment-2137 Yet, I wouldn't call "the threshold of pain" what rather sounds like "the threshold of -- who cares". There may be something noble in standing pain, so let's avoid any confusion: mature decisions may be painful; they have nothing to do with being numb... and enjoying it... Let's give things the name they deserve, before it's too late! Yet, I wouldn’t call “the threshold of pain” what rather sounds like “the threshold of — who cares”. There may be something noble in standing pain, so let’s avoid any confusion: mature decisions may be painful; they have nothing to do with being numb… and enjoying it…

Let’s give things the name they deserve, before it’s too late!

]]> By: Mishkin Berteig http://blog.technoetic.com/2006/09/19/threshold-of-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-1741 Mishkin Berteig Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:26:17 +0000 http://blog.technoetic.com/2006/09/19/technical-debt-the-threshold-of-acceptable-pain/#comment-1741 Steve, I really like this idea. I hope that eventually we all get to a place where our threshold is very very low. Lean methods (and more and more agile methods) place a premium on high-quality work. The idea of <a href="http://www.agileadvice.com/archives/2006/12/technical_debt.html" rel="nofollow">technical debt is actually quite scary when you compare it to financial debt</a>. Steve,

I really like this idea. I hope that eventually we all get to a place where our threshold is very very low. Lean methods (and more and more agile methods) place a premium on high-quality work. The idea of technical debt is actually quite scary when you compare it to financial debt.

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