Technical due diligence
See the engineering behind the promise.
Assess architecture, delivery practices, maintainability and operational risk before investment or change.
- Product architecture
- Boundaries, dependencies and ownership
- Delivery capability
- Build, release and recovery evidence
- Risk register
- Impact, confidence and remediation options
Distinguish demonstrated capability from a claim
The fragile approach
Judge the product from a presentation
A convincing demo does not reveal release fragility, hidden dependencies or the effort required to support growth.
The intended approach
Inspect the system and its delivery record
Trace important claims to code, configuration, test results and conversations with the people who operate it.
Prepare the conversation
What needs attention in your system?
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An implementation example
Separate demonstrated capability from an assertion
Review a software product’s architecture, maintainability and operating evidence against the decision you need to make. Identify material uncertainty and the work needed to resolve it.
An evidence pack for an investment decision
A growing Australian software product needs clearer ownership without immediately adopting distributed services.
A failure to account for
A reporting shortcut introduces direct writes across a module boundary.
Illustrative scenario, not a customer case study.
Quality, security & governance
Examine the system behind the presentation.
Architecture review
Examine the application boundaries, data model and dependencies against the intended business use.
Delivery evidence
Review source ownership, release practices, tests and operational records.
Decision record
Separate immediate risks from longer term work with the assumptions behind each recommendation.
No. Technical due diligence informs an investment or acquisition decision by examining technology risks and delivery capabilities within an agreed scope.
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