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Technical
Due Diligence Reviews
Additional Information
In performing a technical due diligence review, Sabbath,
Inc. thoroughly examines all aspects of a company's technical infrastructure and provides
detailed reports of findings, including technical strengths, weaknesses and issues.
The following gives more information on the topics and areas that are covered during each
review. (This topical summary is provided by way of example - the actual topics to
be covered in your particular review will vary depending on the particular startup company
or entity involved.) Contact Jim Olson
for a much more detailed description of areas covered during a review and a sample copy of
a full technical due diligence report.
Sample Topical Summary - Technical
Due Diligence Reviews
Key
products/services, business overview, goals
Products/services overview
Demo of products/services
Business model(s) - overview
Systems
Architecture(s), overview, distinctives?
Infrastructure, (hardware, software,
platforms, sizes, numbers, capacities...)
Metrics
Cost per transaction
Number of users simultaneous, peak times
Total number of queries, transactions
Growth rates
Capacities - current, planned - timeframes
Outages, downtimes (scheduled, unscheduled)
Response times
Scalability
Upgrades needed
Maintenance schedules
Redundancy, disaster recovery plan
Key vendor relationships
Hardware/software acquisition process
Business systems/Internal systems
Internal system, desktop support
Operational support
Customer Service support, technical support
Software development process
QA, Testing
Future
Research
Who's looking down the road
Security systems and procedures
Privacy policy - enforcement procedures
Internationalization
Web site
Functionality - tie to systems and
architecture
Enhancements in process
Speed
Availability
Metrics
Measurements - traffic, page views, etc -
company's logs, external metrics, analysis of Customer/use/purchase data
Internationalization
Other URLs reserved
People
Key people, meet them
Organization
Staff numbers
Turnover, Historic patterns of attrition
Average length of service
Incentives
Background, training
Recruiting efforts
Intellectual Property Issues
Patents
Patents applied for? When?
Prior Art
Competition
Architecture(s)
Goals
Distinctives, comparison
Budget
Decision process for IT expenditures
History
Overall strategy
Projects
Key projects
Goals for next year, two years
Project management
Buy vs Build
Schedules
Timeline for key accomplishments
Outsourcing
Key relationships
Oversight, management
Acquisitions/mergers
Integration issues
Goals
Key people
Key systems
Involvement in decision process
Culture issues
Facilities Tour
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