ClearView Technology Exit Readiness Assessment
Find out what technical due diligence will uncover before technical due diligence starts.
- ScopeAgree the decision
The likely timing of a transaction and who will read the report.
- EvidenceInterviews and evidence review
- Leadership
- Technical team
- Code
- Documentation
- Delivery history
- ReportScored across six areas
- Strategy
- Product
- Team
- Approach
- Platform
- Security
- ReadoutPresent to the board
Agree what happens next.
Six areas. The ground a buyer will cover.
ClearView is for businesses expecting investment, acquisition or exit in the next 12 to 24 months. Each area is assessed from evidence, not opinion: interviews with leadership and technical teams, the code, the documentation and the delivery history. Data and AI are considered wherever they affect your plans, platform and risks.
Strategy
How technology decisions support the business plan, and whether priorities and investment match what the business needs.
Product
How the product roadmap connects to customer needs, commercial goals and the team's capacity to deliver.
Team
The skills, responsibilities and dependencies behind delivery, including gaps and knowledge concentrated in individual people.
Approach
How work moves from an idea into production: planning, engineering practices, testing, releases and learning from problems.
Platform
The architecture, code, infrastructure and data underpinning the product, including maintainability, reliability and capacity to scale.
Security
How security risks are understood and managed, including access, sensitive data and dependencies on third parties.
What you receive
One board report, written for directors and shareholders as well as engineers.
- Executive summaryThe position in plain English.
- Technology Readiness ScoreAn overall score out of 100.
- Six category scoresGreen, amber or red for each area of the framework.
- Key strengthsWhat a buyer will value, and what you can build the story on.
- Material risksThe issues that matter, with the evidence behind them.
- Potential DD concernsThe questions a technical due diligence team is likely to raise.
- Prioritised remediation planWhat to fix, and in what order.
- Recommended next actionsClear first steps for management.
- ClearView Contribution ScaleWhere your technology function sits, from Poor to Outstanding.
- Board readoutA session with the board to walk through the findings and answer questions.
- Strategy 72 Strong
- Product 81 Strong
- Team 54 Needs work
- Approach 61 Needs work
- Platform 68 Needs work
- Security 43 At risk
The ClearView Contribution Scale
Alongside the scores, every ClearView report places your technology function on a four-point scale. It answers the question a buyer and a board both care about: is technology holding the business back, or driving it forward?
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Poor
The technology department is a bottleneck that cannot deliver change to the business, and will not be able to deliver the technology roadmap or support the business plan.
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Average
The technology department operates some good practices and acts in support of the business, delivering requested change in reasonable timescales. The team is likely to support the business plan as directed and adequately deliver the roadmap.
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Excellent
The technology department's structure and approaches are generally best practice. Strong, business-objective-led delivery processes drive business value, coupled with technical architectures that enable fast-paced change.
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Outstanding
Highly innovative in both technology and the approach to delivery, with a high pace of change resulting in measurable business impact and value creation. There is no separation between business and technology functions, and technology is highly likely to be a key driver of business success.
How it works
Scope
We agree the decision the assessment needs to support, the likely timing of a transaction and who will read the report.
Evidence
We interview leadership and technical teams and examine the code, documentation and delivery history.
Report
We score each area, rank the risks and set out a prioritised remediation plan, connecting technical findings to their commercial consequences.
Readout
We present the findings to the board and agree what happens next.
Fix it before the buyer finds it.
Found 12 to 24 months before a deal, most technical debt, documentation gaps and scalability risks can genuinely be fixed. If you want help, we stay involved: turning the findings into a plan, working alongside your team as a Technical Partner or fractional CTO, re-scoring progress each quarter and preparing the evidence for due diligence.
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Find
- ClearViewA two-week assessment across six areas, scored and ranked.
- Remediation planThe findings turned into a prioritised plan the board can own.
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Fix
- Technical Partner or fractional CTOSenior, hands-on help to resolve what matters, alongside your team.
- Quarterly readiness reviewProgress re-scored so the board can see the risk coming down.
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Prepare
- Vendor DD preparationEvidence, documentation and answers ready before a buyer asks.
- Data room preparationThe technology section of the data room, complete and consistent.
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Transact
- Technical due diligenceSupport for management through the buyer's technical questions.
- TransactionTechnology becomes a reason for confidence, not a reason to renegotiate.
Clarity that leads to action.
“The StableState team were able to quickly understand a complex platform, ask the right technical questions and identify both strengths and areas of risk. The final report was clear, balanced and commercially relevant, providing our executive team with the insight needed.”
“The ClearView report helped me identify and prioritise the key actions for the coming year.”
Questions before you start
Is ClearView only for businesses preparing for a sale?
No. It is designed for businesses expecting investment, acquisition or exit in the next 12 to 24 months, but it also supports regular board assurance and specific decisions about growth, technology leadership or AI adoption.
How does ClearView relate to technical due diligence?
Technical due diligence is carried out for a buyer or investor during a transaction. ClearView is carried out for management before one. It covers the same ground, so that issues can be fixed while there is still time.
Do we need to know what is wrong first?
No. Start with what you are trying to achieve and what you are uncertain about. The assessment is there to establish which concerns are supported by evidence and what matters most.
How long does ClearView take, and what does it cost?
A ClearView assessment typically takes two weeks from kick-off to board report. The fee depends on the size of the business and the systems involved, and is agreed after an initial call.
What does the Technology Readiness Score mean?
Each of the six framework areas is scored out of 100 and rated green, amber or red, alongside an overall Technology Readiness Score out of 100. The scores show the position at a glance and make progress easy to track. The evidence and recommendations behind them are what matter most.
What is the ClearView Contribution Scale?
Every ClearView report places the technology function on a four-point scale, from Poor to Outstanding, describing how well it contributes to the business: from a bottleneck that cannot deliver the business plan, to a key driver of business success.
What happens after ClearView?
The report is yours to act on however you choose. If you want help, Stable State can work alongside your team to resolve the issues, re-score progress each quarter and prepare for technical due diligence.
Know what a buyer will find, while you can still fix it.
Tell us what is changing in your business and when. We'll scope a ClearView assessment around it.