Minimizes future risks and avoids slowing down the development of your software.

• Code Knowledge. How are you familiar with the code?

• Severity. How it affects the software's functionality or performance?

• Dependency and Scale. How many components depend on that part of the code? The scale of impacted software architecture.‍

• Cost of Fixing. How many story points would it cost to fix the technical debt issue?

Total Score = (Knowledge + Severity + Dependency) – 3 * Cost