Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatus for generating at least a portion of a technical debt management machine. In an example, a computer-implemented method includes (i) comparing, by at least one processor and by automatically searching using a rule engine, information in at least a portion of an object in a software platform to a rule to identify a violation of the rule, where (a) the rule describes at least one information characteristic whose presence in an object being scanned indicates technical debt and results in the violation of the rule; and (b) the rule describes an amount that a technical debt score must be changed for the violation; (ii) changing, responsive to the violation, the technical debt score by the amount the technical debt score must be changed for the violation; and (iii) displaying, by a user display device and via a user interface, the technical debt score.

Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatus for automated process configuration and information storage. In an example, a computer-implemented method includes (i) accessing a database of information describing a plurality of steps, where the steps are ordered; (ii) retrieving, from the database, information describing a step in the plurality of steps; (iii) presenting, via a user interface, the information describing the step; (iv) requesting, via the user interface, a user input in response to the presented information; (v) receiving, from the user interface, information describing the user input; (vi) storing, in the database, the information describing the user input, where the storing includes affiliating the information describing user input and the information describing the step with a corresponding identifier; and (vii) identifying, based upon the user input, a next step in the plurality of steps. Other methods and apparatus are also disclosed.