Assess whether management can run this without the founder (6391cc)

Situation

People and Contracts work in a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate now turns on management can run this because a contractor who actually wrote the core code put post-merger systems-integration risk register in play. Commercial-diligence partner should say what post-merger systems-integration risk register proves.

Decision

Commercial-diligence partner in a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate must choose Proceed / Reprice / Walk / Hold using post-merger systems-integration risk register after a contractor who actually wrote the core code.

Hypotheses to test

• Post-merger systems-integration risk register reads as Proceed once a contractor who actually wrote the core code is lined up to the same M&A Due Diligence population.
• Post-merger systems-integration risk register is closer to Reprice after a contractor who actually wrote the core code; Proceed would over-claim this People and Contracts extract.
• Walk is still live in post-merger systems-integration risk register for commercial-diligence partner in a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate.
• Post-merger systems-integration risk register is missing the fact commercial-diligence partner needs after a contractor who actually wrote the core code; stop this M&A Due Diligence close.

Analysis required

• Name the document commercial-diligence partner still needs before signing.
• Test whether a contractor who actually wrote the core code is a diligence gap, a price chip, or a walk-away.
• Separate a one-off add-back from a recurring earnings issue in post-merger systems-integration risk register.
• For this M&A Due Diligence People and Contracts file, read post-merger systems-integration risk register against a contractor who actually wrote the core code and write the one fact that would move management can run this for commercial-diligence partner.

Recommendation

Choose Proceed / Reprice / Walk / Hold on this M&A Due Diligence / People and Contracts packet (post-merger systems-integration risk register after a contractor who actually wrote the core code). Lead with the M&A Due Diligence option post-merger systems-integration risk register can support after a contractor who actually wrote the core code, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for commercial-diligence partner in a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate.