IT Due Diligence Checklist

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A template for technical due diligence in the IT industry supports IT specialists and software officers in their daily work. You can adapt the template to the needs and concerns of your work and your company. For example, you can use the template to review software in advance and check whether it complies with legal standards and other regulations.With the extensive and detailed template you can clarify organizational factors as well as all essential questions software itself. After completing the audit, you will receive an automatically generated report and you will be able to see sources of errors and problems at a glance.

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IT Due Diligence Checklist

Technical Due Diligence

Organization

IT Organization chart & Client structure (quantity, type, location)

Incorporation Documents of the Company

Employee List – name, responsibility, salary, start date

Help Desk approach & Change Management processes

Financial Statements

Have consolidated financial statements of the company been audited?

Have past budgets been reviewed with actual experience to verify accuracy of projections?

Hardware

Have CPU's & locations been checked?

Have you checked the database for functionality?

Are the networks (LAN/WAN) in working condition?

Has the telecommunications/connectivity been tested?

Do certain parts of the hardware need to be replaced or repaired?

Systems Software

Are the operating systems working properly?

Check the software for the development of application systems

Check the database management systems

Is the system software secure?

Architecture and Code

Architecture Review

Legacy Components

Third-party/open source components

Code Quality

Apps

Have you checked the application systems (quantifying all systems in use)?

Standard across the network?

Approach to the management of releases

Standard across the network?

Test report writing skills

Treten Probleme bei der App auf?

Give an assessment of the application

Projects

Check all ongoing major projects, such as reengineering, new systems, SW development

Improvements in the medium speed range

Software support backlog

Has the need for new business development been assessed?

Have you noticed any productivity improvements?

Budget and Trends

Personnel

Software maintenance

Hardware maintenance

Equipment leases & rental

Supplies

Data Communications

Voice communications

Outside contractors

Rent related to IT equipment and staff

Consulting/contractors

Material technology-related expenses due to the company’s industry

Capital Budget

Immediate needs (next 6 months)

Anticipated need for normal growth (next 12-18 months)

Contracts

Server application software licenses

PC software licenses

Software support & maintenance

Hardware leases

Hardware maintenance

Software and/or hardware purchase agreements (ownership)

Contract programmers or other consulting agreements

Computer Operations

Service level – response time, system availability, report distribution, etc.

Network management – circuit uptime, new installations, changes planned

Batch processes

Public Documents

Have the public documents been submitted?

Press Releases about the company/product

Social media pages

Uploaded videos regarding the company/product

Scalability

Storage of sessions

Separation of services across servers

Bounds and constraints of services

Segmentation of users into pods

Completion

Final comments

Name, first name

Please note that this checklist template is a hypothetical example and provides only standard information. The template does not aim to replace, among other things, workplace, health and safety advice, medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, or any other applicable law. You should seek your professional advice to determine whether the use of such a checklist is appropriate in your workplace or jurisdiction.