You can get a useful read on the health of your business technology in an afternoon, without being technical, by asking 12 questions and being honest about the answers. It will not replace a proper review, and it will tell you whether you need one. Score each question yes, partly
Old is not the same as broken. Plenty of businesses run on systems that are 15 years old and perfectly sound, and plenty have spent a fortune replacing something that only needed leaving alone. The decision to modernise should rest on four things. Whether the system still does th
Technical due diligence answers one question. Will this technology support the business the investor is being asked to fund, and what will it cost to get there. The checklist below is the one I use, whether I am running diligence for an investor or preparing a founder to face it.
Private equity firms review the technology of their portfolio companies for three reasons. To protect the value they have already bought, to find the value they have not yet unlocked, and to make sure nothing technical derails the exit. We recently worked with a private equity in
Six signs your technology is holding your business back, from slow changes to key-person risk and security gaps, and how a technology review turns them into a costed plan.
How to manage a software development supplier or agency, especially if you are not technical: clear expectations, ownership, outcome-based progress, a technical check, and deliberate change.
How a technology review, technical due diligence and a technology audit differ, and how to tell which one your situation actually calls for.
How an independent technology review of an outsourced or offshore development team checks the code, ownership, security and delivery, so non-technical clients know where they stand.
What scalability really depends on, why guessing is dangerous, and how a technology review tells you how far your platform will take you and what to fix first.
What an independent technology review looks at, from architecture and security to delivery and team, and the situations where a business should commission one.