Explores topics of fundamental
interest to sound software engineering and provides not only the
rationale for evaluating each area in support of an investment but
also an overview of best practices, common artifacts and pitfalls as
well as guidance on how to interpret results. Having completed this
seminar you will be in a position to either conduct your own due
diligence or properly guide and evaluate the results of a 3rd party
due diligence evaluation.
For each of up to 18 key areas of
evaluation, including architecture, design, processes and many other
key aspects of software engineering:
Rationale: Why should an investor
be interested in an evaluation of this area?
Best Practices: What are some of
the best practices in this area? Differences among company sizes and
market segments are discussed.
Common Artifacts: What documents
or other evidence of sound practices might you expect to find?
Common Pitfalls: What are some of
the classic errors made with respect to this area? How serious are
they?
Interpreting Results: Perhaps the
most important topic for any investor is how to interpret the
results. This section will help you digest the feedback from any due
diligence evaluation.
