Process Debt: a First Exploration
Paper in proceeding, 2020

Process Debt, like Technical Debt, can be the source of short-term benefits but often is harmful in the long term for a software organization. However, we do not know much about Process Debt from current literature. We conducted an exploratory study of Process Debt in four international organizations by interviewing 16 practitioners. The findings show that Process Debt can be a harmful phenomenon that needs attention and new practices, as it is different from Technical Debt. We provide an initial framework, composed by a definition and a conceptual model for Process Debt, showing types, causes, consequences, and debt accumulation patterns.

prioritization

qualitative research

Process Debt

Author

Antonio Martini

University of Oslo

Terese Besker

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Software Engineering (Chalmers)

Jan Bosch

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Software Engineering (Chalmers)

Proceedings - Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, APSEC

15301362 (ISSN)

Vol. 2020-December 316-325

Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference APSEC
Singapore , Singapore,

Subject Categories

Software Engineering

Information Systemes, Social aspects

DOI

10.1109/APSEC51365.2020.00040

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