Category: technical-diligence

Technology Due Diligence Checklist

A lot has happened since 2018 when AKF Partners first shared a list of questions we have used hundreds of times to conduct technical due diligence engagements…

Greg Fennewald

October 18, 2023 · 9 min read

Architecture Technical Diligence

Communicate Asynchronously As Much As Possible

Organizations aim to achieve the best technology designs in their systems as well as provide the most optimal customer experiences. Sometimes however, communication designs in…

StephRene Forbes

May 31, 2023 · 3 min read

Technical Diligence

Technical Due Diligence Checklist: a Step Deeper

One of the most viewed articles on the AKF Partners website is Technology Due Diligence Checklists. That post is based on a tool we use during technical due diligence engagements.…

Greg Fennewald

April 15, 2023 · 5 min read

Architecture Technical Diligence Process

Failing to Design for Rollback Is Designing for Failure

Shoulder pads were in, Reagan just became president, and "Back to the Future" was released in the theaters. 1985 will be remembered for many reasons, but for the Coca-Cola company,…

Victoria Wisot

October 17, 2022 · 5 min read

Architecture Technical Diligence

Single Points Of Failure: Never Trust and Always Avoid

“There are an estimated 12 million to 24 million ecommerce websites in the world. Nearly 60% of American consumers prefer to shop online. U.S. consumers spend, on average, more…

StephRene Forbes

October 6, 2022 · 4 min read

Architecture Technical Diligence Process

The Top 20 Mistakes in Technology

One of the most common questions we get asked is, “What are the most common technical failures you see development and product teams make?” To answer this question, we analyzed…

Pete Ferguson

September 14, 2022 · 12 min read

Technical Diligence Organization Process

Don't Rely on QA to Find Mistakes

A few years back, my husband and I moved from California to Florida to start new jobs. With our children in tow, we said goodbye to the mountains and dry heat to a life of flat…

Victoria Wisot

July 11, 2022 · 5 min read

Technical Diligence

How to Prepare for a Technical Due Diligence

How to Prepare for a Technical Due DiligenceConducting technical due diligence engagements on technology-enabled product companies is a key service AKF Partners provides to our…

Greg Fennewald

April 30, 2021 · 5 min read

Technical Diligence

Technical Debt

For over a decade, AKF has been on a number of engagements where we have seen technology organizations put off a large portion of engineering effort wrangling with technical debt.…

AKF

August 22, 2019 · 2 min read

Architecture Technical Diligence Process Product

What's the difference between VMs & Containers?

VMs vs ContainersInefficiency and down time have traditionally kept CTO’s and IT decision makers up at night. Now, new challenges are emerging driven by infrastructure inflexibility…

Eric Arrington

May 29, 2019 · 8 min read

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Category: technical-diligence

Technology Due Diligence Checklist

Communicate Asynchronously As Much As Possible

Technical Due Diligence Checklist: a Step Deeper

Failing to Design for Rollback Is Designing for Failure

Single Points Of Failure: Never Trust and Always Avoid

The Top 20 Mistakes in Technology

Don't Rely on QA to Find Mistakes

How to Prepare for a Technical Due Diligence

Technical Debt

What's the difference between VMs & Containers?

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