Business-Driven Technical Debt Prioritization: A Replication Study

Context: Technical debt is a problem software development companies face, where teams create workarounds to achieve short-term benefits. Problem: organizations find it challenging to prioritize paying technical debt and align this decision to business objectives. Objective: To contribute to aligning the business perspectives concerning the prioritization of technical debt. Method: We applied the Tracy prioritization approach in an industrial case study in a software startup. Results: We used the approach in a new setting; we also identified the degree of agreement of the result of the framework with an expectation between the business and IT areas. Conclusion: This research analyzed the impacts of using the business-driven prioritization approach in a startup.