
Reducing Technical Debt is an upcoming book being written by Matt Eland on the topic of communicating technical debt to business stakeholders.
The current high level table of contents:
- Part 1: Understanding Technical Debt
- What is Technical Debt?
- The Cost of Technical Debt
- What Tech Debt Looks Like
- Obstacles to Overcoming Technical Debt
- Part 2: Analyzing Technical Debt
- Identifying Causes of Debt
- Gathering Data
- Analyzing Data
- Part 3: Communicating Technical Debt
- Starting a Conversation
- Crafting a Presentation
- Presenting your Findings
- Technical Debt as Risk
- Part 4: Resolving Technical Debt
- Technical Debt in Agile Teams
- Setting up a Safety Net
- Drastic Changes: Improving Architecture
- Measuring Success
If you would like more information on this project, please E-Mail me at Matt@KillAllDefects.com