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team-level-definition · storey-2026-triple-debt
- Citation
- storey-2026-triple-debt
- Claim ID
- team-level-definition
- Assertion
- Storey defines cognitive debt as a team-level, project-level property: the erosion of shared understanding of a software system over time. She notes that the term has also been used for reductions in individual neural engagement during AI-assisted tasks, but says her use focuses on the team and on change over time.
- Quote
Cognitive debt is a team-level, project-level property reflecting the erosion of shared understanding across a software system over time. [...] The term has also been used to describe measurable reductions in individual neural engagement during AI-assisted tasks [...] Our use of the term, however, focuses on the team-level and longitudinal dimension of software development: the accumulated erosion of shared understanding of a software system over time.
- Quote language
- en
- Locator
- section: Cognitive Debt: The Invisible Layer
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