“Technical debt” isn’t just a metaphor. It’s actual debt that can be measured in dollars and cents. Here’s an example of how to calculate the actual cost of technical debt. You’ll be surprised at just how quickly those interest payments rack up.
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Prudent/Inadvertent Technical Debt
On the subject of Technical Debt, Martin Fowler identified a TechnicalDebtQuadrant in which technical debt is classified as either Deliberate or Inadvertent and either Prudent or Reckless. He then makes the case that software projects can reasonably see all four combinations, including Prudent/Inadvertent — even though he can’t think of a real-word analogy that can be used to describe it to management.
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