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