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SOFTWARE OWNERS & PRODUCT LEADERS

Understand the risks behind the product.

See what may make the software harder to maintain, operate and change. Specialist assessment can clarify the risk.

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The technical question behind the decision.

Product decisions are often made without a reliable view of technical debt, production readiness, operational exposure or the future cost of change.

PRODUCT DECISION

Current conditionTechnical debtOperational exposure
Priority

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.

  • What are we missing?
  • Where is technical debt building?
  • Is the application production-ready?
  • Can customers and modern search systems properly discover and understand our public website?
  • Which constraints will make the next product change harder?

Evidence and areas examined.

  • Live application checks
  • Architecture and dependency review
  • Testing and delivery practices
  • Maintainability concerns
  • 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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