Winning the Case: Convincing Your Product Manager to Prioritize Technical Debt

Most times, technical debt is not very uplifted while working on new features, and as a result, there are disgruntled engineers and the systems become very risky.

In this session, however, engage participants in discussions that will get them thinking about a new way to frame it. Rather than being the blocker, find ways to frame it as an enabler of business success.

This is a discussion on aligning the priorities of engineering and product management using language and metrics around their business goals. You will learn to quantify the cost of technical debt about user value and craft an argument that earns your Product Manager's backing.

By the end of this, you will have action items to transform difficult conversations into collaborative wins, making sure that your team is building a product that is not fast today, but fast in the future.