Technical Debt as a Balance Sheet Entry: Communicating Cost to Non-Technical Leadership
Framing tech debt as a deferred maintenance cost — with an interest rate — resonates with finance-minded executives in ways that 'we need to refactor' does not.
Framing tech debt as a deferred maintenance cost — with an interest rate — resonates with finance-minded executives in ways that 'we need to refactor' does not.
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