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Stop 08 · Technical Fluency for PMsTopics · 5/11

Technical Debt

Part of the Product Management Roadmap

In short

Shortcuts taken to ship faster now that cost more to maintain or extend later — a PM's job is to understand it enough to advocate for paying it down at the right moments, not ignore or fear it.

How to learn this

  1. 1Ask an engineer on your team to walk you through a real piece of technical debt.
  2. 2Learn to frame technical debt paydown in terms of future velocity, for non-technical stakeholders.
  3. 3Practice allocating a fixed % of every sprint to debt paydown as a negotiation tactic.

More topics at this stop

How APIs WorkClient-Server BasicsDatabases 101 for PMsSystem Design Basics for PMsWorking Effectively With EngineersEstimation & Trade-off ConversationsCloud & Infra BasicsLatency, Scalability & Reliability BasicsReading a Technical SpecNo-Code / Low-Code Tools for PMs

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