Technology Due Diligence

Strategy

A plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim, involving resource allocation and competitive positioning.

Competitive Advantage

A condition or circumstance that puts a company in a superior business position relative to competitors.

Porter's Five Forces

A framework for analysing competitive forces in an industry: rivalry, new entrants, substitutes, buyer power, and supplier power.

SWOT Analysis

A strategic planning tool evaluating Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats facing an organisation.

Core Competency

A unique capability or advantage that distinguishes a company from its competitors and creates sustainable value.

Go-to-Market Strategy

A plan that specifies how a company will reach target customers and achieve competitive advantage with a new product.

Due Diligence

A comprehensive appraisal of a business or investment undertaken to establish its assets, liabilities, and commercial potential.

Mergers and Acquisitions

The consolidation of companies through various types of financial transactions including mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers.

Corporate Governance

The system of rules, practices, and processes by which a company is directed and controlled.

Scenario Planning

A strategic planning method creating multiple plausible future scenarios to improve decision-making resilience.

Strategic Foresight

A systematic approach to thinking about the future to inform present-day decisions and strategy.

Ecosystem Strategy

A strategic approach that leverages partnerships and collaborative networks to create collective value.

Innovation that creates a new market and value network, eventually disrupting existing markets and displacing established firms.

Creating new digital businesses or ventures within or alongside an established organisation.

The strategic upgrading of an organisation's technology infrastructure from legacy systems to modern architectures, enabling agility, scalability, and integration with AI capabilities.

The strategic reimagining of an organisation's operations, products, and business models through the systematic integration of artificial intelligence across all functions and processes.

The systematic process of managing an organisation's innovation procedure from ideation to implementation.

A business approach centred on creating value by facilitating interactions between multiple user groups.

The total revenue a business can expect from a single customer account throughout their relationship.

A business theory that suggests companies create new market spaces rather than competing in existing ones.

Technical Debt

The implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy or limited solution now instead of a better approach.