Instead of trying to quantify your technical debt, the first step should be to determine who your technical spenders are. I work in a company with a toxic envi

Instead of trying to quantify your technical debt, the first step should be to determine who your technical spenders are. I work in a company with a toxic environment where nepotism allows for projects to absolutely derail entire projects and teams for months on end. Ideas hit the fan like loose stool and suddenly everyone is sent scrambling to accomplish a thing that has barely any focus other than it's a pet project. If you can locate your spenders, then you can determine the best way to control or excise them from the technical budget.