World Congress 2023 • Oct 23, 2023

Product Managers' Eternal Battle with Refactoring

Justyna Walkowska

Stop fighting over technical debt. Learn how to bridge the gap between product and engineering by framing code refactoring as a rigorous, measurable business decision.

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