forensic-debt-quantification
CommunityTranslate code debt into business ROI.
Finance & Accounting#ROI#technical-debt#quantification#cost-of-quality#productivity-loss#defect-risk#coordination-overhead
AuthorAlabamaMike
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?
Technical debt often hides costs in developer time and unstable releases. This skill translates metrics about code quality into business language, enabling executives to understand the true cost of debt and prioritize investments in quality improvements.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Debt Cost Formula: Use a standardized, research-backed template to calculate Productivity Loss, Defect Risk Cost, Coordination Overhead, and Opportunity Cost.
- ROI & Budgeting: Convert debt costs into dollar terms and ROI to support refactoring plans and quality budgets.
- Executive Reporting: Provide concise, decision-focused reports that link engineering signals to business impact.
- Use Case: Apply to quarterly engineering reviews or M&A due diligence to quantify potential cost reductions from debt remediation.
Quick Start
- Gather metrics: hotspot_count, hotspot_changes, avg_defect_cost, team_size, annual_capacity_hours.
- Compute: productivity_loss, defect_risk_cost, coordination_overhead, opportunity_cost, total_cost, and ROI.
- Present results to stakeholders with recommended investments.
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Please help me install this Skill: Name: forensic-debt-quantification Download link: https://github.com/AlabamaMike/forensic-skills/archive/main.zip#forensic-debt-quantification Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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