Guides

Reference material on how software companies get evaluated: what technical due diligence covers, how the questionnaires are structured, and how engineering maturity is actually measured. Written in plain language for founders, operators and deal teams rather than for engineers.

Everything here comes out of the same framework behind our assessments, which was built for real acquisition diligence before it was a product.

• Technical due diligence

  The pillar guide: scope, process, timelines, cost, and the questions buyers ask.

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• The due diligence questionnaire

  The highest-demand topic we found. Structure, section-by-section content, and how to run one.

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• Technical due diligence checklist

  The artifact people search for, organised by the six areas buyers actually probe.

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• The DevOps maturity model

  Level 0-5 in plain language, and how to place a team honestly on it.

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• Engineering KPIs

  The metrics worth tracking, the ones that get gamed, and how to read them.

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