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Software Strategy Review
Before you invest in a rebuild, modernisation, or new development partner, you need an honest assessment of where you stand. We review your architecture, quantify technical debt, and deliver a prioritised plan you can act on internally or hand to a software house.
£9,5001 week
Ideal for
- Organisations considering a rebuild or modernisation and needing an independent view
- Teams struggling with technical debt slowing feature delivery
- Leaders who need a clear brief before engaging a software house
Engagement flow
1
Preparation
Pre-engagement (1–2 days)- Architecture documentation review
- Codebase access setup
- Stakeholder mapping
2
Discovery
Days 1–2- Technical team interviews
- Codebase walkthrough
- Infrastructure and deployment pipeline review
3
Analysis
Day 3- Architecture evaluation (scalability, security, maintainability)
- Technical debt quantification
- Risk identification
4
Design
Day 4- Modernisation recommendations
- Technology options with trade-off analysis
- Roadmap development with cost estimates
5
Handover
Day 5- Executive presentation
- Detailed report delivery
- Recommended next steps and partner introductions
What you receive
- Technology landscape audit
- Architecture review with system diagrams
- Technical debt register with severity scoring
- Risk assessment (vendor lock-in, end-of-life, single points of failure)
- Modernisation roadmap with cost estimates
- Executive summary, ready to brief a development partner
What we need from you
- Read access to source code repositories
- Access to infrastructure and deployment documentation
- Technical team availability for interviews (2–3 key people)
Frequently asked questions
- Will you recommend a specific technology stack?
- Where appropriate, yes. We present options with trade-off analysis so you can make an informed decision. We are vendor-neutral and have no partnerships that influence our recommendations.
- Do you need access to our source code?
- Yes, read access to your source code repositories is essential for an accurate assessment. We sign NDAs before engagement and never retain or share your code.
- What if we have already decided to rebuild?
- An independent review before a rebuild helps you avoid repeating existing mistakes and ensures the new architecture addresses root causes. Our report becomes a specification your development partner can build against.
- How do you quantify technical debt?
- We score technical debt items by severity, business impact, and remediation effort. This gives you a prioritised register you can use to plan modernisation work in phases.
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