The Nature of Technical Debt in the Development of Descriptive Models in MBSE

MBSE;descriptive models;technical debt

This paper describes how the technical debt concept widely used in the software domain—-rework deferred to the future for expediency-—needs to be modified to the domain of descriptive models. To illustrate the model technical debt concept, several examples of modeling principles pertaining to model purpose and implementation are described along with their implications on model technical debt.