Executives aren’t ignorant. They have the data. They commission the surveys. They attend the conferences where CTOs present their concerns. They know that:
91% of CTOs cite technical debt as the biggest challenge
75% of projects are expected to fail
69% of developers lose significant time to inefficiencies
Only 39% of projects meet success criteria
The recommended 15–20% investment in technical debt management yields better long-term returns than crisis spending
Yet they choose:
Not to allocate recommended budgets for technical debt management
Not to make quality a strategic priority despite CTOs’ and developers’ concerns
Not to mention these challenges in public communications to shareholders
To celebrate AI productivity gains whilst developers report record inefficiency
To focus on the next hype cycle (AI) rather than address fundamental problems
This isn’t a failure of knowledge. It looks to me like a failure of courage and integrity. A failure of the very concept of leadership.
From The Software Quality and Productivity Crisis Executives Won’t Address (via on Lemmy)