due-diligence

Estimate how critical is “IT Due Diligence” for your deal?

Questions
YES
NO

The competitive advantage of a company resides in its mastery of IT practices (online services, software…)

The crash of IT systems for more than half a day is highly detrimental for functional operations (financial services, industrial production…)
The company handles data whose integrity, confidentiality and conservation are critical for functional operations (management of personal data, databases centric business…)
IT systems were developed by founders who have limited IT background.
The company does not have a CIO or has had one for less than a year.
The data room includes rare computer documents outside of basic software licensing contracts and server/network diagrams.
IT investments are included into the business plan and represent about one year of EBITDA.
The strategy allows for the operational build-up of several companies, including merging IT operations.
The company includes several sites that function, or should function, around centralized IT operations.
An ERP implementation project is planned, is underway, or has just been completed.
The company is a spin-off of an important group and it is not clear whether IT operations can be handled independently from those of the group.
Sites visits have revealed apparent problems or concerns about IT operations and/or compliance with security standards relative to security norms.