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Technical Debt Triage: Prioritizing Fixes That Reduce Real Risk

A practical prioritization framework for technical debt: classify debt by risk and business impact, sequence remediation, and avoid roadmap derailment. Includes debt portfolio management patterns.

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Technical DebtPrioritizationRisk ManagementEngineering StrategyRefactoringReliabilityArchitecture EvolutionEngineering Metrics

Debt Is a Portfolio, Not a Backlog Dump

Technical debt triage fails when teams treat all debt as equal. Effective triage scores debt by production risk, change friction, and business coupling, then sequences work like a portfolio.

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