Private Equity

Two of our products are particularly applicable to Private Equity:

Source Code Inspection

Source Code Inspection is an IfSQ Level-2 Inspection of a 1000-page sample of the source code of an application.

Use Cases

  • Software Value Assesment
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  • Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies
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  • Repudiation of Inaccurate Claims
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  • Identification of Impediments to Investment Thesis
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  • Input to the 100-Day Plan
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  • Software Due Diligence

How have clients used Source Code Inspection?

  1. Evidence in legal proceedings
  2. Project viability assessment
  3. Grounds for an extra round of negotiations in an acquisition
  4. Evidence to support a legal decision for leave to seize assets and garnish bank accounts

Deliverables

  1. Single snapshot report detailing the maintainability of a system, or set of systems, at a particular point in time
  2. Extra calls with software development team, as required
  3. Advice and assistance with incorporation of our report into technology due diligence summary

Single System Code Inspection Pricing

Multiple System Code Inspection Pricing

Inspect, Reinspect

Inspect, Reinspect consists of two IfSQ Level-2 Inspections, each of a 1000-page sample of the source code of one application.

Use Cases

  • Acquisition Conditions

How have clients used Inspect, Reinspect?

  1. Protect the value of a software asset when further development and maintenance work was taken off-shore
  2. Obtain improvement work free of charge, and other concessions from a vendor when confronted with poor build quality
  3. Defer payment of 20% of an equity investment, and make it conditional upon meeting agreed quality goals

Deliverables

  1. Initial snapshot report detailing the maintainability of a system at a particular point in time
  2. Second snapshot report at a later point in time
  3. Comparison report detailing how the maintainability of the software was impacted by work carried out in that period
  4. Extra calls with software development team, as required

Single System Inspect/Reinspect Pricing

Multiple System Inspect/Reinspect Pricing

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