Issue Organizations most constrained by tech debt forecast the largest maturity leaps
Summary
KPMG identifies an internal contradiction in its own data: respondents who say tech debt frequently blocks new investment nonetheless predict bigger maturity gains over the coming year than respondents who say it rarely or never does, which the report reads as underestimation of the threat.
Classification
Main topicDigital Infrastructure & Cyber
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon0-3 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 1
- Global tech report 2026: Leading in the Intelligence Age - Excelling today, shaping tomorrow KPMG International page=9;section=Meeting the challenge of the Intelligence Age / Managing skills shortages and tech debt 2026-01 accessed 2026-07-26
Constituent trends 1
Directly linked signals 4
- Signal51 percent say legacy processes are what depress returns on technology spending
- Signal63 percent say the cost of fixing tech debt is holding back new initiatives
- Signal69 percent say speed and cost pressure force compromises in their technology programs
- Signal8 percent of high performers are blocked by tech debt against 45 percent of the rest
Relation types: constitutes · direct_urgent
Public id: fm-ef50733d4d5e