Informing the decision makers

Most decision makers, especially those without a technical background, greatly underestimate the effects of technical debt. Furthermore, in their view, developers do not understand the business costs of repaying technical debt in terms of manpower, salaries, and time.

That's why it is important for a professional developer to understand the situation from the decision maker's perspective and the constraints that they must work within. One of the most relevant models is the triple constraint model.