Technical Due Diligence Language
Master the English vocabulary used by CTOs, technical advisors, and investors performing technical due diligence in M&A transactions and funding rounds. 5 exercise sets covering the full TDD engagement: scoping and assessment process, tech debt quantification, scalability risk analysis, vendor lock-in assessment, and formal report writing.
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Assessment Scope & Process
Technical due diligence definition and M&A context, architecture review vocabulary, code audit language, team assessment (bus factor, key person dependency), and deliverable vocabulary (RAG rating, deal-breaker).
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Tech Debt Quantification
Technical debt in the M&A context, hotspot analysis and code churn, SQALE method, debt categorisation (strategic vs naive vs bit rot), and presenting a remediation roadmap to investors.
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Scalability Risk Assessment
"Can this scale to 10x?" vocabulary — horizontal vs vertical scaling, single points of failure (SPOF), bottleneck analysis, load testing evidence red flags, and scalability architecture language.
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Vendor Lock-In Assessment
Vendor lock-in types (data portability, API lock-in, skill lock-in), cloud lock-in assessment, proprietary dependency risk, lock-in risk rating, and abstraction layer mitigation vocabulary.
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Due Diligence Report Language
Report structure for technical and non-technical audiences, RAG status communication (Red/Amber/Green), risk register language, formal recommendation and hedging language, and verbal due diligence delivery.