I hear business people talk about technical debt, but they might be confusing it with decision debt. - Technical Debt: Tradeoffs made for faster delivery, needing rework later. - Decision Debt: Choices to delay tech investments, leading to missed opportunities. Do you think executives are mistaking technical debt for decision debt?

No20%

Yes, and it's often because they don't realise the difference72%

Yes, and it's to avoid accountability for their decisions8%

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CIO3 days ago

Decision is a way to look at it, but tech debt often forms from delivery time requirements, financial point of view, industry changes, and development sizing for requirements

Director of IT in Government7 months ago

First time I am hearing / seeing the term Decision Debt. Internally if we make a decision that we know will increase technical dept we have termed it "Deliberate Technical Debt" or " Intentional Technical debt" however it's still in the Technical Debt column.

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