Adapting the concept of technical debt to software of automated Production Systems focusing on fault handling, mode of operation and safety aspects

The influence of Technical Debt on software developer morale

“…Moreover, several researchers state that, specifically, TD has a negative impact on the practitioners' daily work with software that suffers from experiencing TD. Tom et al [7] state that it is likely that developers find the effects of TD frustrating in the long term, and Laribee [29] explains that economic downside, there's a real psychological cost to technical debt that causes both frustration and a sense of helplessness to the developers and also Vogel-Heuser and Neumann [30] state that human factors can be a reason for TD.…”

Technical debt in systems engineering—A systematic literature review

“…Of the 18 sources that are applicable to this study, nine focus on the application of technical debt in the development of automated production systems. [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] These studies build upon each other and seek to identify the causes and types of technical debt across the electronic, mechanical, and software components of automated production systems. For example, Vogel-Heuser and Bi 25 expand their research from the realm of automated production systems to mechatronic systems in general and gather empirical data on the occurrence of technical debt within the mechatronic system life cycle, the types of technical debt that are present, and the causes of the technical debt.…”

“…Of the 18 sources that are applicable to this study, nine focus on the application of technical debt in the development of automated production systems 16–24 . These studies build upon each other and seek to identify the causes and types of technical debt across the electronic, mechanical, and software components of automated production systems.…”