Status: ✅ Research complete Last validated: 2025-11-08 Confidence: 🟡 Medium — Research-backed refactoring playbook – review annually
How to use this skill
- Clarify objectives via modules/core-guidance.md.
- Assess technical debt with modules/assessment-and-prioritization.md.
- Select tactical moves from modules/refactoring-patterns.md.
- Build safety nets with modules/safety-net-and-testing.md.
- For large initiatives, rely on modules/architecture-modernization.md.
- Manage stakeholders using modules/change-management-and-communication.md.
- Track follow-ups in modules/known-gaps.md and revisit modules/research-checklist.md annually.
Module overview
- Core guidance — charter, success metrics, constraints.
- Assessment & prioritization — code smell catalog, impact scoring.
- Refactoring patterns — common transformations and IDE tooling.
- Safety net & testing — characterization tests, automation.
- Architecture modernization — modularization, strangler fig, domain alignment.
- Change management & communication — stakeholder buy-in, rollout communications.
- Known gaps — research backlog.
- Research checklist — annual refresh process.
Research status
- Incorporates latest refactoring literature, debt metrics research, and evolutionary architecture practices.
- Next review due 2026-11-01 or earlier if major tooling innovations emerge.
- Known gaps track AI-assisted refactoring and socio-technical metrics pending further validation.