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Technical debt

Technical debt (also known as design debt or code debt) is a qualitative description of the cost to maintain a system that is attributable to choosing an expedient solution for its development. While an expedited solution can accelerate development in the short term, the resulting low quality may increase future costs if left unresolved. The term is…

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Technical debt

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related to External links · 18
Technical debt → ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering, April, Association, Boundy, Computing Machinery, Crisis, Doug KnesekDavid, Experts, Ipek OZKAYA, Jean-Louis LETOUZEYSteve McConnell, New York, No, Notes, Philippe KRUCHTEN, Software, US, Vol, Ward Cunningham
see also · 14
Technical debt → Anti-pattern, Characteristic, Concept, Degradation, Description, Designing, Economic, Hardware, Human, Modification, Software, Solution, Source, Unrecoverable
related to Origin · 11
Technical debt → After, As, Cunningham, In, Lehman, Manny, Manny's Law, Meir, Metaphors We Live By, Similar, Ward Cunningham
related to Consequences · 7
Technical debt → By, Carrying, Failure, Future, Increases, Interest, The
related to Limitations · 5
Technical debt → For, Future, New, The, While
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Technical debt → strategic choice to meet immediate goals
has cause · 1
Technical debt → Common
related to Planning · 1
Technical debt → Kenny Rubin

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Technical debtis astrategic choice to meet immediate goals0.90text
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evolvabilityinstance ofprimarily impacting internal system qualities0.80text
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Technical debtrelated to ConsequencesInterest0.60section
Technical debtrelated to ConsequencesIncreases0.60section
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Technical debtrelated to External linksExperts0.60section

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