# Technical Debt in Practice

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- Book: [Technical Debt in Practice](https://www.bookquiver.com/neil-ernst/technical-debt-in-practice) ([Technical Debt in Practice.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/neil-ernst/technical-debt-in-practice.md))
- Authors: [Neil Ernst](https://www.bookquiver.com/neil-ernst), [Rick Kazman](https://www.bookquiver.com/rick-kazman), [Julien Delange](https://www.bookquiver.com/julien-delange)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6254-211-1
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2021-08-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The practical implications of technical debt for the entire software lifecycle; with examples and case studies. Technical debt in software is incurred when developers take shortcuts and make ill-advised...