IT Due Diligence
We take a deep dive into the code underlying digital assets to identify and quantify hidden investment risks and opportunities.
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18,000+
systems assessed
250+
IT DDs performed
2-3 week turnaround
Dive a level deeper and invest with confidence.
Our experts know that conducting interviews and reviewing documentation isn’t enough. In order to identify the hidden IT-related risks and opportunities of your investment, you need to understand what’s going on in the source code itself.
That’s why we dig deep into the code to help you answer questions like:
Does the target company’s software support your future growth plans?
Can it scale to more users, adapt to new platforms, or integrate with other solutions?
Are there IP-related issues hiding in the source code?
Liberal use of open source software or dependence on third-party solutions may have legal implications.
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What’s the value of the software portfolio and what future costs must be factored in?
How well is it engineered? How much technical debt do you face?
How strong is the IT team of the target company?
How productive is it compared to industry benchmarks? What is the capacity for innovation?
Benefits
An IT Due Diligence engagement with SIG includes important qualitative and quantitative components to tell you how the company’s software will affect its ability to grow and thrive.
Technology risk profile
Identifies and evaluates the risks associated with the target company’s technology mix — not only the obvious main technologies in use, but also the many supporting technologies such as deployment scripts, test frameworks, third-party components, and front-end libraries.
Situational analysis
Clarifies future adaptability, scalability, and integration ability of the target company’s software, giving you a factual basis to understand the feasibility and likely costs of future growth.
Post-transaction roadmap
Uses our own calibrated financial estimation models for maintenance, repair, and continued development, allowing IT investment to be considered in the context of the overall business plan.
Rebuild effort estimation
Technical debt quantified in terms of both time and money, explaining in detail how many person-months of work would be required to develop the same IT assets from scratch by an average team of software developers.
Insight into other due diligence streams
Provides experts in other workstreams irreplaceable insights into everything from CAPEX and OPEX projections, to development team productivity, to analysis of the target company’s competitive technology landscape.
2-3 week turnaround
Our experts deliver fast, focused insight within the tight two to three week timelines investors require.
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The Value of IT Due Diligence
You need rigorous, cost-effective IT due diligence to tell you how a company’s software will affect its ability to grow and thrive.
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Webinar | Forrester | Redefining Tech Due Diligence
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Mature your M&A Process to accelerate value creation - Join SIG and Forrester as they discuss how Software Analysis can uncover hidden risks and opportunities that can impact the value and post-merger integration of an acquisition.
