Generally seen as difficult to measure, McKinsey’s Tech Debt Score is an easy way for organizations to quantify technical debt. Generally seen as difficult to measure, McKinsey’s Tech Debt Score is an ...

The term “technical debt” is often misunderstood, but addressing technical debt is key for organizations that want to get the most out of technology. According to McKinsey, technical debt accounts for ...

Healthcare IT teams that are familiar with technical debt will understand why security debt is an equally important concern.

We all know Ward Cunningham’s definition of tech debt in software terms. However, in the modern age, technical debt goes beyond just software and coding strategies. The root of it stems from business ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The critical nature and impact of technical debt on the business Why everyone should care about technical debt How difficult it ...

In the race to modernize healthcare technology, hospitals are learning an old lesson in a new way: Clean their plate before reaching for dessert. For Becket Mahnke, MD, chief medical information ...

Last December Southwest Airlines was forced to cancel more than 15,000 flights during the peak holiday season. It wasn’t weather, mechanical issues, or even striking airline workers that caused the ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

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This Halloween, while ghosts and zombies are knocking on doors across the world asking for candy and treats, a very real monster is knocking on the doors of organizations of all sizes: tech debt. And ...

Don’t call it technical debt unless you’re going to go back and fix it. Otherwise, you’re just giving the team permission to do things the wrong way. We need to stop using the term “technical debt” as ...