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Technical debt retirement rate

Deferred work actually resolved, against new debt accrued.

Formula

Debt resolved in period ÷ debt accrued in period

Illustrative target

At or above 1.0

KPI cautions1
  • Debt reclassified as acceptable rather than retired, improving the ratio without any work.
KPI lifecycle stages2
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