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Best supporting argument for refactoring
Has anyone got any tips for persuading management that refactoring code is a good idea ? I was asked something like
“After this refactoring, will I have a better product ? How does time spent on this benefit the company?”
Or something along those lines. I can see why management asked it but my response was not fantastic. I said something about how a well designed piece of software will mean that adding new features in the future will be quicker and easier.
Does anyone else have any tips ?
Many thanks.
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Don’t bother.
Rather than selling refactoring as a stand alone feature combine refactoring into your estimates for implementing fixes/ new features when it makes sense to do so, generally speaking the business need not and does not want to know exactly how you plan on implementing a feature, just that it gets done.
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