Impact Analysis
Quantify the business cost of technical debt
Executive Summary
Key metrics for leadership reporting
$26.5k
Monthly Cost
106h
Dev Hours Lost/Month
-18%
Velocity Impact
3.2x
Expected ROI
Cost Breakdown
Monthly financial impact of technical debt
Developer Time Cost
$7,644.231Bug Fix Overhead
$8,400Lost Productivity
$10,600Total Monthly Impact$26,500
ROI Projection
Return on debt reduction investment
3.2x
Expected ROI over 12 months
Estimated Fix Cost$15,000
Annual Savings$318,000
Payback Period~3 months
Cost by Debt Category
Monthly developer hours lost per category
Code Smells
38h
$2,736
Outdated Dependencies
18h
$1,296
Test Coverage
24h
$1,728
Security Issues
8h
$576
Documentation
12h
$864
Architecture
6h
$432