The most thorough tech assessment in Canada
Three weeks. Eight audit phases and twenty-five organizational dimensions — one evidence-based picture of what's working, what's brittle, and what to fix first.
What We Do
Inside the engagement
Architecture Review
Scalability, resilience, data model, and service boundaries.
Code Quality Audit
Test coverage, tech debt, standards, and review hygiene.
Documentation Gaps
Architecture docs, runbooks, onboarding, and decision logs.
Team & Process
Hiring pipeline, velocity, knowledge sharing, incident response.
Vendor Posture
SLA coverage, lock-in risk, security reviews, renewal strategy.
Roadmap & Prioritization
What to fix in 30, 60, 90 days — with effort and impact.
The Process
How it unfolds
- 01
Discovery
Week 1- Stakeholder interviews & target scale goals
- Repo, infra, and document access
- Charter and environment matrix (phases 0–1)
- 02
Deep analysis
Week 2- Phased codebase findings (architecture through quality)
- 25-dimension organizational scoring
- Evidence-backed P0–P3 risk mapping
- 03
Synthesis & readout
Week 3- Executive summary & bottleneck register
- 30/60/90 enhance vs resolve roadmap
- Exec and engineering walkthroughs
Deliverables
What you get
Technical audit bundle
Phased codebase audit — fixed deliverable structure
Every engagement produces the same report tree: charter, eight finding phases, and an executive summary with bottlenecks and a 30/60/90 plan. Read-only by default.
- Phase 0
Setup & baseline
Charter, repo map, environment contract
- Phase 1
Architecture map
Context diagrams, integrations, pattern verdict
- Phase 2
Data & persistence
Schema risks, hot paths, migration posture
- Phase 3
API & business rules
Auth matrix, money paths, journey trace
- Phase 4
Frontend / clients
Per-client matrix, deploy & duplication
- Phase 5
Security & ops
Production readiness, observability, secrets
- Phase 6
Quality & debt
Critical-path test gaps, CI hygiene
- Phase 7
Executive synthesis
Bottlenecks, NFR summary, 30/60/90 plan
- 00-CHARTER.mdEngagement charter & scope
- findings/00-env-matrix.mdEnvironment & deployable matrix
- findings/01-architecture-map.mdSystem map & architecture verdict
- findings/02-data-model-and-db-risks.mdData model & persistence risks
- findings/03-api-and-business-rules.mdAPI surface & business rules
- findings/04-frontend-matrix.mdClient applications matrix
- findings/05-security-ops-reliability.mdSecurity, reliability & operations
- findings/06-quality-and-debt.mdQuality, tests & technical debt
- findings/07-executive-summary.mdExecutive summary & roadmap
Engagement Options
Pick the depth that fits
Tailored scope per engagement. Talk to us for a quote.
Focused
A targeted review of your highest-risk domains when you need clarity fast.
- Executive risk scan
- Scorecard + roadmap
- 60-min readout
Standard
Full coverage across all five domains — our most common engagement.
- Full audit (phases 0–7)
- All 5 domains, 25 dimensions
- Exec + engineering readouts
Investor-grade
DD-ready depth for boards, investors, or acquisition contexts.
- Full audit plus DD-ready narrative
- Investor walkthrough
- 30 days of follow-up advisory
What's next
Most clients move from this engagement into Scalable System Design within 60 days.
Ready to find out what's holding your tech back?
Start with a 2-minute health check, or book a scoping call for the full eight-phase technical audit.
No pitch. No obligation. Just clarity.
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