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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.

Matching moments

1:07 min

Combating technical debt and anti-modularity forces

Allard Buijze · WWC 2021

3:40 min

Identifying core challenges in modern software development

Markus Eisele Markus Eisele · WWC 2024

4:04 min

Managing technical debt with sensible software architecture

David Singleton David Singleton +1 · WWC 2023

2:22 min

Identifying the root causes of systemic technical debt

Hendrik Lösch Hendrik Lösch · WWC 2023

1:56 min

Balancing modularization fundamentals with effective software engineering organization design

Eberhard Wolff Eberhard Wolff · WWC 2024

2:05 min

Architectural planning to avoid crippling requirements debt

Hendrik Lösch Hendrik Lösch · WWC 2025

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