Definition(s):
The amount of debt is used to refer to the rework costs (principal and interest )that is needed to improve the levels of quality.
Source(s):
- De Groot, Jelle, et al. “What is the value of your software?.” 2012 Third International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt (MTD). IEEE, 2012.
- Nord, Robert L., et al. “In search of a metric for managing architectural technical debt.” 2012 Joint Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture and European Conference on Software Architecture. IEEE, 2012.
- Nugroho, Ariadi, Joost Visser, and Tobias Kuipers. “An empirical model of technical debt and interest.” Proceedings of the 2nd workshop on managing technical debt. 2011.
- Ampatzoglou, Areti, et al. “The financial aspect of managing technical debt: A systematic literature review.” Inform. Softw. Technol., 64 (2015), pp. 52-73.