Technical Debt Mitigation and Refactoring
This program provides Engineering Managers with technical frameworks to balance feature delivery with long-term code stability. Participants learn to categorize technical debt and negotiate resource allocation for system refactoring.
£380
Certified Technical Debt Management Specialist
- Pass mark 70%
- Certificate on completion
- Verifiable public certificate ID
- English · available globally
Technical Debt Mitigation and Refactoring: the short answers
- What is Technical Debt Mitigation and Refactoring?
- This program provides Engineering Managers with technical frameworks to balance feature delivery with long-term code stability. Participants learn to categorize technical debt and negotiate resource allocation for system refactoring.
- Who is Technical Debt Mitigation and Refactoring for?
- It is pitched at Intermediate level for Engineering Managers working in Startup Launch Strategy, and is studied online from any country.
- How long does Technical Debt Mitigation and Refactoring take?
- Around 18 hours of study, plus the assessed assignments and one applied project.
- How is the certification assessed?
- Every assignment and the final project are assessed automatically against the published criteria. The pass mark is 70%, and an item that does not pass can be resubmitted.
- What do I receive when I pass?
- Certified Technical Debt Management Specialist, issued as a certificate with a unique ID that employers can check in the public certificate register.
- How much does it cost?
- £380 once, with no subscription.
What you will be able to do
- Categorize types of technical debt by risk impact
- Implement a technical debt backlog tracking system
- Design refactoring cycles within agile sprints
- Communicate infrastructure debt to non-technical stakeholders
Written by Marcus Thorne, Principal Software Architect. Every submission is assessed automatically against the published criteria for Certified Technical Debt Management Specialist, and the certificate is issued the moment the assessment is complete.
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