IT Due Diligence Guide: 2015 Edition
Book Details
Author(s)Jim Hoffman
PublisherAlzhan Development LLC
ISBN / ASINB0086IM13C
ISBN-13978B0086IM136
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
Are you an IT employee who has been asked to help evaluate a potential acquisition?
Are you a private equity or venture capital firm acquiring or investing in technology companies?
If so, you need the IT Due Diligence Guide.
The IT Due Diligence Guide helps IT experts understand M&A and helps investors understand IT.
The book is not a just simple IT due diligence checklist. It shows the questions that have been demonstrated over many acquisitions to best solicit the information needed to make an informed decision about a technology company purchase or investment. Each question also includes a detailed explanation of why the question is important (from a business standpoint) and what the potential answers can tell you about your acquisition target.
The IT Due Diligence Guide has been updated and expanded for 2015. There are new chapters, including one focused on cyber security. There is also a new set of data collection spreadsheets to make it easier to gather and organize the information you need from the target company. The IT due diligence report template has been expanded and makes the job of writing the due diligence report even easier than it was before. If you’ve been brought into the due diligence process for the first time, these can be a lifesaver.
Ask the Right Questions for the Right Reasons
The book is intentionally written to be useful and understandable even if you’ve never taken part in a merger or acquisition before. The entire due diligence process is laid out.
The IT Due Diligence Guide isn’t a textbook or an academic study of the due diligence process. It’s based on real world issues and real world experience. My goal in writing it was to impart the knowledge that I’ve gained in almost 20 years of helping investors and buyers evaluate their potential acquisitions.
It's the most practical book you can buy on IT due diligence.
The book shows you over and over how the information you discover during due diligence can impact the price of the deal or whether to recommend moving forward at all. Like the time I identified a software licensing issue that saved the investor over $200,000.
The IT Due Diligence Guide will help you uncover hidden value, unexpected expenses and previously unidentified risks. These are the things an acquirer or investor cares about.
In addition, the book covers sensitive questions that are not on the IT due diligence checklist and should only be asked in person. You’ll read why and when to ask these questions – they can be some of the most important ones in the entire process.
Write a Great Due Diligence Report
At the end of the due diligence process, you’ll need to write a report. Many people find this intimidating. The book comes with a due diligence report template with detailed instructions that will help you create a report that will be meaningful to the senior executives that are usually in charge of a deal.
For less than the cost of one hour of a decent consultant's time, you can be well on the way to an effective technology due diligence process.
Jim Hoffman
Are you a private equity or venture capital firm acquiring or investing in technology companies?
If so, you need the IT Due Diligence Guide.
The IT Due Diligence Guide helps IT experts understand M&A and helps investors understand IT.
The book is not a just simple IT due diligence checklist. It shows the questions that have been demonstrated over many acquisitions to best solicit the information needed to make an informed decision about a technology company purchase or investment. Each question also includes a detailed explanation of why the question is important (from a business standpoint) and what the potential answers can tell you about your acquisition target.
The IT Due Diligence Guide has been updated and expanded for 2015. There are new chapters, including one focused on cyber security. There is also a new set of data collection spreadsheets to make it easier to gather and organize the information you need from the target company. The IT due diligence report template has been expanded and makes the job of writing the due diligence report even easier than it was before. If you’ve been brought into the due diligence process for the first time, these can be a lifesaver.
Ask the Right Questions for the Right Reasons
The book is intentionally written to be useful and understandable even if you’ve never taken part in a merger or acquisition before. The entire due diligence process is laid out.
The IT Due Diligence Guide isn’t a textbook or an academic study of the due diligence process. It’s based on real world issues and real world experience. My goal in writing it was to impart the knowledge that I’ve gained in almost 20 years of helping investors and buyers evaluate their potential acquisitions.
It's the most practical book you can buy on IT due diligence.
The book shows you over and over how the information you discover during due diligence can impact the price of the deal or whether to recommend moving forward at all. Like the time I identified a software licensing issue that saved the investor over $200,000.
The IT Due Diligence Guide will help you uncover hidden value, unexpected expenses and previously unidentified risks. These are the things an acquirer or investor cares about.
In addition, the book covers sensitive questions that are not on the IT due diligence checklist and should only be asked in person. You’ll read why and when to ask these questions – they can be some of the most important ones in the entire process.
Write a Great Due Diligence Report
At the end of the due diligence process, you’ll need to write a report. Many people find this intimidating. The book comes with a due diligence report template with detailed instructions that will help you create a report that will be meaningful to the senior executives that are usually in charge of a deal.
For less than the cost of one hour of a decent consultant's time, you can be well on the way to an effective technology due diligence process.
Jim Hoffman
