Technical Debt
/ˈteknɪkəl det/
Definition
The implied cost of shortcuts and suboptimal design decisions taken now that will require rework later.
Example in context
"We took on technical debt to ship the feature, but we've scheduled a full refactor in Q2."
Related terms
Practice this term
Master Technical Debt in context by working through exercises in the Agile & Scrum module. You'll see the term used in real engineering scenarios with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching drills.