Continuous updating of technical debt status

摘要

A system and method to automatically and continuously update the urgency rating of a backlog item associated with a technical debt item in a software development project are described. The technical debt represents potential additional work or rework associated with current code. The method includes a user defining a plurality of components that comprise the software development project. The method also includes a processor associating the technical debt with one or more components of the plurality of components, and the processor updating the urgency of the backlog item associated with the technical debt according to a function based on a development event associated with at least one of the one or more components.

主权项

1. A system to continuously update an urgency rating of a backlog item associated with a technical debt of a software development project, the technical debt representing potential additional work or rework associated with current code, the system comprising:
a user interface configured to facilitate a user defining a plurality of components that comprise the software development project and a function to update the urgency rating based on a development event associated with a component among the plurality of components that is associated with the technical debt; and a processor configured to identify the development event and update the urgency rating based on the function, wherein the user interface facilitates the user initializing a state for each of the plurality of components and defining a second function for updating the state based on the development event and the function to update the urgency rating uses the output of the second function.