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When we, developers, earn enough trust from business people, we become their business partners. As such we enjoy a lot more freedom to refactor.
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Making the business case for a large scale refactoring - Part 1
With a bit of discipline, we can make a factual business case for a large scale refactoring that business people won’t resist.
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