Glossary
Technical debt
The deferred cost of design and implementation choices that slow delivery, raise risk, or inflate cloud spend.
Definition
Technical debt is the gap between the system you have and the system you need to ship safely at the speed the business requires. It is not only messy code—it includes unclear architecture, missing security baselines, brittle delivery pipelines, and cloud patterns that force over-provisioning.
Why it matters
- Unowned debt shows up as roadmap slips, not as a Jira type
- Hiring more developers into unclear architecture often makes lead time worse
- Debt that blocks revenue, security, or releases should be named in business language
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Questions buyers ask
Is all technical debt bad?
No. Intentional debt can speed learning. The problem is unowned debt that blocks safe releases, security, or revenue without a decision.
How do you prioritize debt?
By business impact: what blocks revenue, what raises security or compliance risk, and what can wait. MOVE UP surfaces that in a diagnostic or assessment.
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