M&A Information Technology Best Practices

Index

Access, user

Accountability

Accounting

Active directory migration

Active program management

Active validation, transition services agreements

Ad hoc tools, due diligence investigations

Administration role, CIOs

Adopt and go decision making criteria

Alignment, with business objectives

best practices,

blueprints and,

CFOs role in achieving,

critical success factors,

decision making and,

in due diligence,

elements of,

of enterprise IM strategy with M&A strategy,

integration models and,

introduction,

IT strategy and,

lack of as deal failure risk,

Announcement day

Applications

administration of,

cloud suitability,

Day 1 migration solution options,

divestitures,

drivers for streamlining footprint,

due diligence investigations,

emerging trends,

IT's role in direction for,

lessons learned,

long-term planning,

rationalization,

support strategy,

synergy opportunities,

synergy planning and road map process,

transition from current state to target state approach,

transition plans,

See also Business processes

Applications rationalization

best practices,

cost synergies through,

drivers contributing to,

elements of,

financials consolidation,

four Cs of,

function of,

objectives of,

operational synergies through,

Architecture diagrams

Architecture plans. See also Enterprise architecture, "M&A-aware"

Archiving, data

As-is access

Assessments

data quality,

employee performance,

risk,

Assets

CFO's role in protecting,

identification of,

migration,

utilization metrics,

Audits, regulatory requirements ...