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Technical debt register and actions
CSV register to document technical debt with symptom, evidence, business consequence, risk, priority and action, so technical conversation becomes an investment decision.
In this guide
Instructions
- One row per identified debt.
- Describe the evidence, not just the suspicion.
- Write the consequence in business language.
- Prioritize: security or continuity, roadmap blocker, recurrent bugs, user or developer friction.
Bring it to your business
Download resource| ID | System or module | Symptom | Evidence | Inspected? (Yes/No) | Business consequence | Likelihood (1-3) | Impact (1-3) | Priority | Proposed action | Owner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EJ-001 | Online store | Synthetic example: slow changes | Unsupported PHP version | Yes | Security risk | 3 | 3 | High | Upgrade plan | Web provider | Pending |
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