Technical debt remediation plans often fail before any code changes happen. The failure is a communication problem: the plan is written in engineering terms for an audience that needs to make resource allocation decisions in business terms. A plan that describes "reducing cyclomatic complexity in the authentication module" and asks for "two sprints of dedicated technical work" is asking stakeholders to approve something they can't evaluate. This guide walks through writing a remediation plan that gives non-technical stakeholders the context to make an informed decision, whether that decision is yes, not yet, or which of these should we prioritize first. Step 1: Reframe the Problem in Business Terms Every technical debt item has a business translation. Start the plan with that translation, not the technical description.…