How to Calculate Technical Debt in Dollars
How do you put technical debt in dollars?
Price the hours you already planned, then price the same feature after the multiplier. The gap is the debt. Here that gap is $15,360 on one feature.
Which inputs produce 5.80x?
Connascence degree 8, interdependence 0.5, 16 coordination hours, 20 hours of vacuum effort, and a $160 rate.
What does that cost over a year?
The $15,360 gap times 40 features is $614,400.
Which two inputs should I set first?
Set Connascence Degree to 8 and Vacuum Effort to 20. Keep the other inputs from the worked example.
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