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PMI-ACP · Question #62
Technical debt is the gap between a product's actual cost of change (CoC) and its optimal CoC. Managing technical debt helps ensure reliable delivery today and ready adaptation to tomorrow's customer
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Submitted by alyssa_d· Apr 18, 2026Value-driven Delivery
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Technical debt is the gap between a product's actual cost of change (CoC) and its optimal CoC. Managing technical debt helps ensure reliable delivery today and ready adaptation to tomorrow's customer needs. When can Technical Debt occur?
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- ADuring Initial Development
- BOngoing Maintenance
- CDuring enhancement
- DDuring all the above mentioned times
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#Technical Debt#Cost of Change#Software Development Lifecycle