Don't underestimate the danger of technical debt

Cairns, Chris; Allen, Sarah

Date

2015-08-07

Author

Cairns, Chris

Allen, Sarah

Abstract

Technical debt is a financial metaphor that software developers use to talk to managers about the hidden costs associated with a system's architecture and code base (for example, changing requirements addressed with a quick fix, bugs deferred in favor of new development, design weaknesses, or aging third-party libraries). Technical debt costs organizations time as well as money. Recent studies, seeking to estimate the financial impact, suggest that an average technical debt of $3.61 exists per line of software code, or an average of $1.08 million per system.

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https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/08/07/technical-debt-1/

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11941/2039_Dont-underestimate-the-danger-of-technical-debt

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