Analyseur de dette technique
PROQuantifie la dette technique en termes business, calcule le ROI des décisions de refactoring et priorise les efforts de remédiation.
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J’aimerais évaluer la dette technique de mon projet.
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Personnalisation Suggérée
| Description | Par défaut | Votre Valeur |
|---|---|---|
| Number of engineers on the team | 8 | |
| Lines of code in the codebase | 50000 | |
| Age of the codebase in years | 3 | |
| Primary technologies used | Python/React | |
| Target percentage of capacity for debt reduction | 0.20 | |
| Acceptable debt interest rate threshold | 0.15 | |
| Maximum payback period to greenlight refactoring | 12 | |
| How far ahead to forecast debt growth | 12 |
A comprehensive decision-support system for engineering leaders to quantify technical debt costs, prioritize refactoring based on ROI, forecast sustainability breaking points, and build stakeholder consensus on debt reduction investments.
What This Skill Does
Technical debt functions like financial debt: shortcuts during development save time initially but accumulate “interest” through slower development, higher maintenance costs, and increased system fragility. This skill helps you:
- Quantify debt in business terms (dollars and hours, not abstract metrics)
- Prioritize debt items using the 4-quadrant method and ROI calculations
- Forecast when your system will reach unsustainable breaking points
- Communicate technical needs to non-technical stakeholders
- Allocate engineering capacity strategically between features and debt reduction
Key Capabilities
- Debt Inventory & Quantification - Catalog all debt items with effort estimates and business impact scores
- ROI-Based Prioritization - Calculate payback periods and rank by impact/effort ratio
- Breaking Point Forecasting - Predict when accumulated interest exceeds development capacity
- Capacity Allocation Framework - Recommend percentage splits for features vs. debt
- Stakeholder Communication - Translate technical metrics to business language
- Continuous Monitoring - Track debt velocity and measure remediation progress
Who Should Use This
- CTOs & VPs of Engineering - Make budget decisions with business-aligned frameworks
- Tech Leads & Architects - Quantify system health and prioritize refactoring
- Product Managers - Understand why technical work deserves investment
- Project Managers - Track debt reduction progress and predict timelines
- Developers - Advocate for debt reduction with data-driven arguments
Key Metrics You’ll Track
| Metric | Target | Alert Level |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Debt Ratio | <5% | >15% |
| Interest Rate | <15% dev time | >25% |
| Debt Velocity | Negative | Positive (accumulating) |
| Breaking Point | >8 quarters | <2 quarters |
Sources de Recherche
Ce skill a été créé à partir de recherches provenant de ces sources fiables :
- Tracy: A Business-Driven Technical Debt Prioritization Framework IEEE-published framework aligning technical debt prioritization to business processes; validated across 12 companies with 49 professionals
- Engineering Leadership in High-Growth Startups Literature review revealing 73% of high-growth startups use debt-aware assessment and achieve 30-40% velocity increase
- Technical Debt Prioritisation Strategies That Work Comprehensive guide to risk assessment matrices, 80/20 rule application, and capacity allocation models
- Technical Debt vs. Feature Development: What to Prioritize Trade-off analysis showing unmanaged debt inflates project costs 10-20% within 6-12 months
- Quantifying Technical Debt: A Systematic Mapping Study Academic study identifying 50+ quantification approaches with Technical Debt Quantification Model (TDQM)
- A Framework for Managing Interest in Technical Debt Introduces Technical Debt Breaking Point (TD-BP) calculation validated in industrial settings
- SonarQube for Code Quality: Static Analysis and Technical Debt Practical guide to automating debt discovery with 6000+ rules across 25+ languages
- How to Measure Technical Debt: Step by Step Guide ML-based debt measurement using dependency graphs with SQALE and Gartner methods
- ExperiencedDevs Community Discussion on Debt Prioritization Practitioners share real-world frameworks and business impact communication tactics
- Technical Debt Quantification: True Cost for Your Business Financial modeling for debt interest rates and break-even period calculation