Tech Debt expressed as dollars


#1

Came across this, thought I’d share. This might be an interesting lever to pull to get “the powers that be” to understand the importance of reducing technical debt as a precursor to success…everybody understands how compounding interest works.

Well, everyone except the federal government :slight_smile:

https://www.cutter.com/press-release-dr-israel-gat-de-toxifies-technical-debt


#2

Seen this concept before at an Agile East talk in 2009 by Martin Fowler and Thoughtworks. Links are long dead, but just wanted to note that this goes back a ways and didn’t want this current iteration to get all the credit.