Tech Debt Management

Systematically identify, categorize, and prioritize technical debt.

Categories

Prioritization Framework

Score each item on:

• Impact: How much does it slow the team down? (1-5)
• Risk: What happens if we don't fix it? (1-5)
• Effort: How hard is the fix? (1-5, inverted — lower effort = higher priority)

Priority = (Impact + Risk) x (6 - Effort)

Output

Produce a prioritized list with estimated effort, business justification for each item, and a phased remediation plan that can be done alongside feature work.