Research Article
Supporting Technical Debt Cataloging with TD-Tracker Tool
Table 1
Technical debt template, adapted from [
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| | ID | TD identification number |
| | Date | Date of TD identification |
| | Responsible | Person or role who should fix this TD item |
| | Type | Design, documentation, defect, testing, or other type of debt |
| | Project | Name of project or software application |
| | Location | List of files/classes/methods or documents/pages involved |
| | Description | Describes the anomaly and possible impacts on future maintenance |
| | Estimated principal | How much work is required to pay off this TD item on a three-point scale: High/Medium/Low |
| | Estimated interest amount | How much extra work will need to be performed in the future if this TD item is not paid off now on a three-point scale: High/Medium/Low |
| | Estimated interest probability | How likely is it that this item, if not paid off, will cause extra work to be necessary in the future on a three-point scale: High/Medium/Low |
| | Intentional | Yes/No/Don't Know |
| | Fixed by | Person or role who really fix this TD item |
| | Fixed date | Date of TD conclusion |
| | Realized principal | How much work was required to pay off this TD item on a three-point scale: High/Medium/Low |
| | Realized interest amount | How much extra work was needed to be performed if this TD item was not paid off at moment of detection, on a three-point scale: High/Medium/Low |
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