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Debt Management For It Architects
Published 8/2026
Created by Stuart Dee
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Level: Intermediate | Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 9 Lectures ( 2h 42m ) | Size: 1.7 GB
Technology Debt, Technical Debt: Quantify debt with the Debt Dispensation Model, build a debt register and govern
What you'll learn
Identify and classify technology debt across eight architecture dimensions and distinguish deliberate, inadvertent and passive debt types. Quantify technology debt using the Debt Dispensation Model formula T equals D plus C plus O, including compound interest. Build and maintain a technology debt register as a living governance artefact and present it in board-ready escalation language. Apply four remediation strategies, enforce the agreed remediation capacity rule and design a governance policy to control debt accumulation. Analyse a real financial services case study portfolio totalling over eleven million pounds and apply the full DDM lifecycle end to end.Requirements
A working understanding of IT architecture concepts and the role of the architect within an organisation. Familiarity with basic project and delivery lifecycle concepts such as sprints, releases and architectural decision making. No specialist financial or accounting knowledge is required. All monetary concepts are introduced and explained within the course. No prior knowledge of technology debt frameworks is assumed. The course builds from first principles. Completion of Risk Management for IT Architects (the companion course) is beneficial but not required.Description
Technology debt is the single largest hidden liability on any IT balance sheet. Unmanaged, it slows delivery, amplifies risk and blocks strategic change. This course gives IT architects and technology leaders a structured, quantified approach to identifying, measuring and governing it.
Built on the Debt Dispensation Model (T = D + C + O), the course takes you from first principles through to board-level governance. You will learn to identify debt across eight primary architecture dimensions, quantify every item in precise financial terms, and build a technology debt register that meets board reporting standards and holds up to executive scrutiny.
The course covers four proven remediation strategies, the agreed remediation capacity rule, and a complete governance policy framework including the formal dispensation process and the OAT Principles: Ownership, Accountability and Transparency. You will also learn how to manage specialist debt dimensions including AI model debt, cloud debt and shadow IT debt using the same consistent framework.
Module 7 applies every tool and framework to a fully worked financial services case study with a 14-item dispensation portfolio totalling millions in quantified liability, giving you a practical template you can adapt and apply immediately in your own organisation.
By the end of the course you will be able to quantify technology debt in financial terms, prioritise remediation using defined escalation thresholds, present a board-ready business case and design a governance policy that prevents uncontrolled debt accumulation over time.
Suitable for IT architects, enterprise architects, solution architects, architecture managers, senior developers moving into governance roles and CTO office staff.
Who this course is for
IT architects at any level who are responsible for identifying, owning or governing technology debt within their organisation. Enterprise, solution and domain architects who need to translate engineering compromises into financial language for governance forums and boards Architecture managers and heads of architecture who want a structured, repeatable framework for debt governance across a portfolio. Senior developers and technical leads who are moving into architecture roles and need to understand the governance and financial dimensions of deferred technical decisions. IT governance professionals and CTO office staff who work alongside architects and need to understand how technology debt is quantified and escalated. Professionals who have completed the companion course Risk Management for IT Architects and want to complete their architecture governance toolkit.Homepage