BISTEC Hearts Academy | Tech Lead Track | Month 9 | Technical Debt Strategy

Welcome to Month 9 of the BISTEC Hearts Academy Tech Lead Track — Technical Debt Strategy: turning the silent killer of engineering organizations into a manageable business risk.

This session covers the technical debt quadrants — prudent/reckless crossed with deliberate/inadvertent — and how each type demands a different response. Five debt categories are defined: code, architecture, infrastructure, documentation, and test. The debt inventory module provides a step-by-step process for making invisible debt visible.

Measurement spans five dimensions: coverage, complexity, freshness, reliability, and velocity. The debt cost model quantifies fix cost, carry cost, and opportunity cost in terms executives understand. A scoring matrix prioritizes debt items across impact, risk, fix cost, and team reach. The 12-month roadmap structures debt reduction into quarterly phases with dedicated capacity allocation.

Executive communication covers framing debt as business risk — speed, reliability, cost — not technical jargon. The debt investment proposal template structures the ask as a business case. Sustainable debt management is built on five practices: prevent, detect, allocate, communicate, measure. The capacity model (70/20/10 for features/debt/innovation) keeps debt reduction non-negotiable.

Programme: Bistec Hearts Academy - Tech Lead Track
Month: 9 of 12
Duration: ~13 minutes
Audience: BISTEC tech lead track participants

Topics covered:
- Technical debt quadrants: prudent/reckless x deliberate/inadvertent
- 5 debt categories: code, architecture, infrastructure, documentation, test
- Debt inventory: sources, categorization, impact estimation
- Measurement: coverage, complexity, freshness, reliability, velocity
- Debt cost model: fix cost, carry cost, opportunity cost
- Prioritization framework: scoring matrix + 3 principles
- 12-month debt reduction roadmap: quarterly phases
- Executive communication: framing debt as business risk
- Debt investment proposal: 4-section template
- Sustainable practices: prevent, detect, allocate, communicate, measure
- Capacity model: 70% features, 20% debt, 10% innovation
- Month 9 challenge: inventory, cost model, roadmap, investment proposal

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