Technical Debt: Where Are the Shareholders' Interests?

  • Authors:
  • Patrick Conroy

  • Affiliations:
  • University of British Columbia

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Software
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Technical debt is more than a metaphor: applying financeand accounting practices typical of other business obligations to technical debt can, in addition to meeting ethical and legal governance requirements, generate real, sustainedfinancial benefits.