Use cases · Leadership
Technical due diligence preparation
Get the technology, code and security story in order before investors or an acquirer ask, so diligence confirms the plan instead of derailing it.
Where it starts
The trigger.
A fundraise, acquisition or large customer contract is coming, and technical questions will follow.
How it runs today
- Nobody has written down how the system is built or who owns what.
- Known risks surface for the first time in front of the other side.
- Answers depend on one engineer’s memory.
The workflow
Four bounded steps.
Each step has an owner and a stop rule.
- 01 / Inventory
List the systems, code ownership, vendors, licences and data flows.
- 02 / Review
Check architecture, security basics, costs and delivery process against what diligence asks.
- 03 / Remediate
Fix the quick wins and write a dated plan for the rest.
- 04 / Present
Prepare a short technical overview and a document room with the evidence.
Where people stay in control
Approval points.
- Leadership decides what is disclosed and how.
- Every claim in the overview is checked against evidence.
How we would measure it
Against a baseline.
Measured before and after, on the same work.
Open diligence questions and time to answer each.
Risks found internally before the other side found them.
Remediation items closed before the deadline.
Related
Go deeper.
More use cases
Other places to start.
An AI tool and vendor decision you can defend
Replace scattered subscriptions and competing vendor pitches with one decision, made on your workflows, data rules and costs.
See the workflow LeadershipA technology roadmap the board can follow
Turn scattered technical priorities into a sequenced roadmap with owners, costs and risks that non-technical leaders can hold you to.
See the workflow LeadershipA cloud and software cost review
Find out what the company pays for cloud, software and vendors, what each line does, and what can be cut, right-sized or renegotiated without risk.
See the workflowAn illustrative workflow pattern, not a result from a specific customer.
Bring the messy version
One workflow.
A better way to run it.
Show us the tools, the handoffs, and the part that keeps slowing your team down.
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title: "Technical due diligence preparation: AI Use Case"
description: "Get the technology, code and security story in order before investors or an acquirer ask, so diligence confirms the plan instead of derailing it."
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[Use cases](https://lidvizion.ai/use-cases/) · Leadership
# Technical due diligence preparation
Get the technology, code and security story in order before investors or an acquirer ask, so diligence confirms the plan instead of derailing it.
[Talk through this workflow](https://lidvizion.ai/contact/?need=fractional-cto&from=%2Fuse-cases%2Ftechnical-due-diligence-prep%2F#write) · [Fractional CTO](https://lidvizion.ai/services/fractional-cto/)
Where it starts
## The trigger.
A fundraise, acquisition or large customer contract is coming, and technical questions will follow.
How it runs today
- Nobody has written down how the system is built or who owns what.
- Known risks surface for the first time in front of the other side.
- Answers depend on one engineer’s memory.
The workflow
## Four bounded steps.
Each step has an owner and a stop rule.
1. 01 / Inventory
List the systems, code ownership, vendors, licences and data flows.
2. 02 / Review
Check architecture, security basics, costs and delivery process against what diligence asks.
3. 03 / Remediate
Fix the quick wins and write a dated plan for the rest.
4. 04 / Present
Prepare a short technical overview and a document room with the evidence.
Where people stay in control
## Approval points.
- Leadership decides what is disclosed and how.
- Every claim in the overview is checked against evidence.
How we would measure it
## Against a baseline.
Measured before and after, on the same work.
### Open diligence questions and time to answer each.
### Risks found internally before the other side found them.
### Remediation items closed before the deadline.
Related
## Go deeper.
- [Fractional CTO](https://lidvizion.ai/services/fractional-cto/): Senior technical ownership for companies that need direction and execution without immediately adding a full-time CTO.
- [Client vs. server: where code runs](https://lidvizion.ai/resources/basics/backend-client-vs-server/): What belongs in the browser or app, and what must stay on a server you control.
- [Prepare for technical due diligence](https://lidvizion.ai/guides/prepare-for-technical-due-diligence/): A four-step playbook to inventory your technology, find the risks before the other side does, fix what you can and present the rest with a dated plan.
- [What Is Technical Due Diligence?](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/what-is-technical-due-diligence/): What is technical due diligence, and how should a company prepare?
More use cases
## Other places to start.
[All use cases](https://lidvizion.ai/use-cases/)
- [An AI tool and vendor decision you can defend](https://lidvizion.ai/use-cases/ai-tool-and-vendor-decision/): Leadership Replace scattered subscriptions and competing vendor pitches with one decision, made on your workflows, data rules and costs.
- [A technology roadmap the board can follow](https://lidvizion.ai/use-cases/technology-roadmap-for-the-board/): Leadership Turn scattered technical priorities into a sequenced roadmap with owners, costs and risks that non-technical leaders can hold you to.
- [A cloud and software cost review](https://lidvizion.ai/use-cases/cloud-cost-review/): Leadership Find out what the company pays for cloud, software and vendors, what each line does, and what can be cut, right-sized or renegotiated without risk.
An illustrative workflow pattern, not a result from a specific customer.
Bring the messy version
## One workflow. A better way to run it.
Show us the tools, the handoffs, and the part that keeps slowing your team down.
[Let’s map your workflow](https://lidvizion.ai/contact/) · [Read our approach](https://lidvizion.ai/approach/)