Your question is Balancing Debt and Delivery. Take a moment with it on the right.
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You're advising an engineering leader whose team is under pressure to ship roadmap commitments, while unresolved technical debt is making development slower and riskier over time. Leadership wants a clear way to decide when to pay down debt versus when to keep pushing near term delivery.
How do you think about balancing long-term technical debt against near-term delivery pressure?