To address technical debt in agile sprints, integrate it into the backlog and prioritize it alongside feature development based on its impact. Collaborate with stakeholders to allocate a portion of sprint capacity to tackling technical debt, ensuring it doesn’t disrupt long-term project health. Promote transparency by discussing technical debt openly during sprint planning and retrospectives to maintain focus and team alignment. Celebrate progress on resolving debt to reinforce its importance and motivate the team to keep it manageable.

Biggest problem with technical debt...it's hard to quantify the benefits! 📊 💣 Some teams have trouble getting technical debt reduction tickets into their Sprints; others don't. If you do, try estimating tickets in terms of possible benefits (e.g. increased app performance, reduction in code base complexity, ease of integrating new features). This can help you sell the changes to your clients (if you're an agency) or to your management (if you're in a product company). Also, frame the story like every Sprint you're running down a path in a forest. If you can clear a tree or two each time, then every time you can run faster. ℹ️ EXPERT TIP: Do a pilot project for 6 months and monitor your velocity. It "should" go up! 📈🚀