The technical loan request combines the concept of Technical Debt with a repayment schedule in work days, payment, or other means and allows the architect to ensure technical debt is both deliberate and prudent.
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The technical loan request combines the concept of Technical Debt with a repayment schedule in work days, payment, or other means and allows the architect to ensure technical debt is both deliberate and prudent.
| Area | Description | Links To |
|---|---|---|
| Context | Context information regarding the architecture debt request. | Design (article), Context View (informed by), Benefits Realization View (describes) |
| Business Justification | Business justification for incurring the debt. | OKR Card (connected to), ASR Card (directed by), Benefit Card (informed by) |
| Architecture Components Impacted | What architecture components are impacted – application, roadmap, principles, standards, policies. organization. | Context View (displayed in), Roadmap (impacts), Principle Card (impacted by) |
| Architecture Impacts | What are the impacts on the architecture of the architecture debt incurred e.g. evolution, quality, maintainability, reliability, performance, productivity? | Not Applicable |
| Debt Characteristics | How reversible is the debt, how long will it take to undo, what level of effort is required to undo the debt? | Risk and Cost Card |
| Undo Actions | List actions required to ‘repay’ the debt incurred. | Not Applicable |
| Debt Repayment Schedule | The principal amount of debt in some measurement. The repayment schedule and whether the debt will accrue interest (get worse). | Roadmapping |