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You have to prioritize. Maybe adopt a 80/20 rule where 80% of your effort goes to new features and 20% to addressing tech debt. Regularly communicate this approach with your team.
Is there a way to balance technical debt and launching new features?
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We're constantly under pressure to ship new features, but our technical debt is piling up. I've tried allocating specific sprints for tech debt, but it never seems to work out as planned. It's frustrating to see the product suffer.
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Consider making tech debt a part of your definition of done for features. If you ship something new, make sure to allocate time to reduce debt linked to it.
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