World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

Resolving technical debts in software architecture

Carola Lilienthal

Why do fast-moving software projects inevitably hit a speed wall? Discover how aligning architecture with human cognitive science can eliminate structural debt and permanently restore your team's development velocity.

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#1 about 5 min

Impact of technical debt on feature delivery speed

How accumulating unresolved structural issues severely degrades a team's ability to release new software features consistently.

#2 about 2 min

Visualizing entangled source code and dependencies

Mapping tightly coupled modules reveals the fragile structural reality of a big ball of mud architecture.

#3 about 5 min

Measuring software health with the modularity maturity index

Quantifying module maturity helps teams compare large-scale codebases and track dependency improvements over time.

#4 about 5 min

Cognitive limits and the necessity of information chunking

Human brains rely on chunking related information, which directly dictates the necessity for cohesive software modularity.

#5 about 5 min

Applying cognitive schemas to software design patterns

Organizing logic with consistent architectural patterns leverages human cognitive schemas for faster code comprehension.

#6 about 3 min

Evaluating architecture through technical and domain layers

Mapping architectural dependencies across technical and domain layers visibly exposes harmful coupling and structural violations.

#7 about 3 min

Preventing cyclic dependency escalation and continuous architectural decay

Breaking cyclic class structures early prevents continuous codebase deterioration and avoids wrapping existing technical debt in complex new layers.

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Identifying the root causes of systemic technical debt

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Balancing modularization fundamentals with effective software engineering organization design

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Architectural planning to avoid crippling requirements debt

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