Defending Architectural Refactoring in Front of Impatient Product Leads
Product Managers want new features; Engineers want clean architecture. Here is how to negotiate phased refactoring without halting roadmap velocity.
Vishal VermaCTO & Co-Founder, Dehurdle
July 16, 20254 min read
The 80/20 Refactoring Compromise
Recommended Spoken Script
"Instead of freezing product features for 2 months, let's allocate 20% of every sprint's story points to decoupling the checkout service. That lets Product ship high-priority marketing features while Engineering systematically eliminates our top latency bottleneck."
The 2-Minute Practice Drill
2-Minute Spoken Drill
The 2-Minute Practice Drill
Practice negotiating sprint allocations in Dehurdle.
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