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INVESTORS & DUE DILIGENCE

Understand the technology before the decision.

Examine maintainability, architecture concerns, operational risk and remediation exposure before a material investment or transaction.

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The technical question behind the decision.

Commercial performance can obscure technical liabilities that affect maintainability, security, integration and the cost and complexity of future change.

DILIGENCE VIEW

Commercial performanceTechnical conditionRemediation exposure
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HOW COMPASS HELPS

Bring specialist judgement to the risks behind the decision.

Compass Assessment is scoped around the software, concern and decision, with human-led examination of the areas that matter.

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SOFTWARE

Compass Scan

Check a live application for security, readiness, privacy, service and search issues that deserve attention.

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SOFTWARE

Compass Code

A future extension into source code, dependencies, testing and engineering practices.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Compass Assessment

A scoped assessment led by experienced specialists for questions that require deeper technical and organisational context.

Questions the assessment can address.

  • Is the platform supportable?
  • What architecture concerns need deeper review?
  • What dependency risks exist?
  • Where is technical debt accumulating?
  • Which remediation priorities could affect the decision?

Evidence and areas examined.

  • Architecture observations
  • Dependency and lifecycle risk
  • Technical debt patterns
  • Security and operational maturity
  • Executive remediation priorities

RELEVANT CASE STUDY

Recurring patterns across a complex software estate.

Our anonymised healthcare assessment connected implementation evidence with security, operational and remediation exposure.

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Obsolete technology

Unsupported and end-of-life components

Dependency exposure

Vulnerable and unmanaged packages

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Examine the software before the next decision.

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