• DocumentCode
    2431014
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    5-5 June 2012
  • Firstpage
    45
  • Lastpage
    48
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Managing Technical Debt (MTD), 2012 Third International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Zurich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1748-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MTD.2012.6225999
  • Filename
    6225999