Technical Due Diligence Checklist for IT/software

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Technical Due Diligence Checklist for IT/software



Organization

1. IT Organization chart & Client structure (quantity, type, location)


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2. Incorporation Documents of the Company


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3. Employee List – name, responsibility, salary, start date


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4. Help Desk approach & Change Management processes


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5. Key support issues & challenges


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Financial Statements

1. Audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements of the business


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2. Budget projections and business plans


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3. Compared past budgets with actual experience to check accuracy of projections


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Hardware

1. CPU’s & location


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2. Database


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3. Networks by location (LAN/WAN)


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4. Telecommunications/connectivity approach


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5. Stability? Life expectancy? Replacement/upgrade strategy?


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Systems Software

1. Operating systems


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2. Application systems development software


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3. Database Management systems


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4. Security


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5. Current technology? Life expectancy? Replacement/upgrade strategy?


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Architecture And Code

1. Architecture Review


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2. Legacy Components


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3. Third-party/open source components


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4. Code Quality


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Apps

1. Application systems (Quantify all in use)


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2. Electronic interfaces


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3. Special processes


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4. Standard across the network?


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5. Approach to release management


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6. Report Writing capabilities


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7. Support approach & known issues


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8. Stability? Life expectancy? Replacement/upgrade strategy?


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Projects

1. Large scale projects – i.e., reengineering, new systems, SW development


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2. Mid-range enhancements


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3. Software support backlog


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4. New business development needs


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5. Productivity enhancements


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6. Client requirements


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7. New technology R&D


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8. Consulting and/or contractor needs anticipated (next 12 months)


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Budget And Trends

1. Personnel


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2. Software maintenance


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3. Hardware maintenance


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4. Equipment leases & rental


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5. Supplies


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6. Data Communications


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7. Voice communications


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8. Outside contractors


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9. Rent related to IT equipment and staff


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10. Consulting/contractors


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11. Material technology-related expenses due to the company’s industry


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Capital Budget

1. Immediate needs (next 6 months)


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2. Anticipated need for normal growth (next 12-18 months)


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Contracts

1. Server application software licenses


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2. PC software licenses


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3. Software support & maintenance


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4. Hardware leases


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5. Hardware maintenance


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6. Software and/or hardware purchase agreements (ownership)


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7. Contract programmers or other consulting agreements


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Computer Operations

1. Service level – response time, system availability, report distribution, etc.


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2. Network management – circuit uptime, new installations, changes planned


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3. Batch processes


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Public Documents

1. Publicly-filed documents


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2. Press Releases about the company/product


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3. Social media pages


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4. Uploaded videos regarding the company/product


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Scalability

1. Storage of sessions


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2. Separation of services across servers


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3. Bounds and constraints of services


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4. Segmentation of users into pods


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Completion

1. General Comments


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