Title :
Using technical debt data in decision making: Potential decision approaches
Author :
Seaman, Carolyn ; Guo, Yuepu ; Zazworka, Nico ; Shull, Forrest ; Izurieta, Clemente ; Cai, Yuanfang ; Vetrò, Antonio
Author_Institution :
Inf. Syst. Dept., UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
The management of technical debt ultimately requires decision making - about incurring, paying off, or deferring technical debt instances. This position paper discusses several existing approaches to complex decision making, and suggests that exploring their applicability to technical debt decision making would be a worthwhile subject for further research.
Keywords :
decision making; software cost estimation; software development management; analytic hierarchy process; cost-benefit analysis; decision making; portfolio management; technical debt data; technical debt management; Decision making; Investments; Maintenance engineering; Mathematical model; Portfolios; Software; USA Councils; Analytic Hierarchy Process; cost-benefit analysis; decision making; options; portfolio management; technical debt;
Conference_Titel :
Managing Technical Debt (MTD), 2012 Third International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Zurich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1748-1
DOI :
10.1109/MTD.2012.6225999
