Debt
"You control the debt, you control everything."
In The International1, Umberto Calvini2 explains the "true" nature of banking in the world:
The IBBC is a bank.
Their objective isn't to control the conflict,
it's to control the debt that the conflict produces.You see, the real value of a conflict, the true value,
is in the debt that it creates.You control the debt, you control everything.
You find this upsetting, yes?
But this is the very essence of the banking industry,
to make us all, whether we be nations or individuals,
slaves to debt.
We have all met those who justify their existence and guarantee their “necessity” by maintaining “debts”:
They thrive on conflicts they “manage.”
They flourish through needs they create and hone.
They are exhilarated by want they ensure will never be filled.
The technical debt concept with Agile assumes that it is—
Created and remediated by team engineers3
Prioritized4 by the Product Owner
[Resolution of is] funded and enabled by leadership
Agile process roles promise visibility and discipline with handling the debt itself, so as it does not become a leverage; no party should find any value in sustaining conflicts or ‘open ends’.
And yet…5
See another reference in “We are just trying to get to the truth!”
Played by Luca Barbareschi.
Not just developers…
…including repayment…