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Reduce technical debt

A starting point for clearer priorities and measurable progress. Make the targets your own.

Suggested timeframe: Set with your team1 objective · 3 key results
YOUR STARTING POINTEngineering OKRs
OBJECTIVE

Reduce significantly the technical debt in our platform

  1. KR 1

    Dedicated 20% of our sprint effort to tackling technical debt

  2. KR 2

    Close 40 issues tagged as technical debt

  3. KR 3

    Boost application performance by 40% as a result of the debt culling

Example targets. Adapt to your baseline before you start.

Make it work for your team

01

Set your baseline. Check where you are today, then choose targets that stretch your team.

02

Agree on ownership. Give each key result a clear owner and a source of data.

03

Check in every week. Review the numbers, share confidence, and decide what needs attention.

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---
title: Reduce technical debt
objectives:
- title: Reduce significantly the technical debt in our platform
  outcomes:
  - title: Dedicated 20% of our sprint effort to tackling technical debt
    from: 0.0
    to: 20.0
    score_format: _number_% debt effort
    initiatives: []
  - title: Close 40 issues tagged as technical debt
    from: 0.0
    to: 40.0
    score_format: _number_ issues closed
    initiatives: []
  - title: Boost application performance by 40% as a result of the debt culling
    from: 0.0
    to: 40.0
    score_format: _number_% perf improvement
    initiatives: []
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