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Accruing Technical Debt: Practical Decision-Making and Its Business Relevance
Summary
Christof Ebert discusses technical debt including a Netscape vs. IE case study and provides a framework with practices for managing technical debt.
Bio
Christof Ebert is managing director at Vector Consulting Services. Prior to that, he held global management positions for ten years at Alcatel-Lucent. Dr. Ebert serves on a number of advisory and industry bodies and has authored several books, including "Global Software and IT". He serves on the editorial board of IEEE Software, managing the "Software Technologies" column.
About the conference
With nearly 85,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading organization of computer professionals. Founded in 1946, the Computer Society is the largest of the 38 societies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The Computer Society is dedicated to advancing the theory, practice and application of computer and information processing technology, and is known globally for its computing standards activities.