Principles for Proactive Product Maintainability

Software development rarely happens at a leisurely pace. There is a culture that encourages a fail-fast method by which developers learn what won’t work by implementing ideas quickly and can move on to a better approach if needed. Ideally, this version of the product must be rewritten in a better setting with a proactive mindset that prioritizes product maintainability. This will take time, divert resources, and push release dates in the wrong direction, and unfortunately not possible always. It is natural for the top-level leadership of an organization to prioritize time to market a product at its incipience over all else.