Tech and Testing Debt
18 Jun 2025
In this moment:
Lewis Prescott
Veerle Verhagen
I tuned into a conversation on testing debt for STEC with Veerle Verhagen and Lewis Prescott
What a wonderful conversation covering so many aspects of testing debt:
- What factors influence how teams evaluate and prioritise testing debt?
- Skill gaps as a cause of debt build up.
- Challenges with legacy automation
- The role of junior testers in managing debt
- The dilemma of maintaining vs. starting fresh
- How can teams reduce and manage testing debt?
- Making testing debt visible
- Establishing team dynamics and responsibilities
- Visualising testing debt
What a wonderful conversation covering so many aspects of testing debt:
- What factors influence how teams evaluate and prioritise testing debt?
- Skill gaps as a cause of debt build up.
- Challenges with legacy automation
- The role of junior testers in managing debt
- The dilemma of maintaining vs. starting fresh
- How can teams reduce and manage testing debt?
- Making testing debt visible
- Establishing team dynamics and responsibilities
- Visualising testing debt
Rosie Sherry
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