As companies struggle to keep up with the speed of technology, many are falling into technical debt. A key driver in accumulating tech debt is an inability to adapt or change. Many companies remain loyal to outdated legacy systems, take shortcuts as a quick fix, or are slow to address skills gaps across their organizations. This can ultimately affect a company's development, innovation, quality of service, team morale, and bottom line. "Level Up! Steps to Minimizing Tech Debt" looks at the pitfalls of falling into tech debt and how to best overcome them. Presented by Ryan Sutton, executive director of the technology practice at Robert Half, this session will look at the benefits of upskilling current employees, leveraging contract professionals, and implementing emerging technology to overcome skills gaps, minimize tech debt and build a future-forward team.

Takeaway

• Understand the causes of tech debt within an organization.
• Realize the company-wide consequences that tech debt can have on an organization.
• Identify solutions to minimize tech debt including upskilling employees, training and mentorship programs, leveraging contract professionals to close skills gaps, and the benefits of being open to adopting AI and other technology to help their organizations run more efficiently and economically.