Consequences of technical debt

Next, let's examine the consequences of technical debt. Some are obvious:

• Development speed will slow down
• More manpower (and thus money) and time will need to be spent to implement the same set of features
• More bugs, which consequently means poorer user experience, and more personnel required for customer service

On the other hand, the human cost of technical debt is often overlooked; so let's spend some time discussing it here.