M&A Information Technology Best Practices

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• Sample M&A IT Checklists: Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures are complex, and effectively tackling them is part art and part science. A properly structured approach to dealing with the various aspects of the IT integration or divestiture can provide practical insights and help to proactively identify the risks and issues that can prevent the organization from achieving its goals related to the transaction. A well-thought-out checklist can be a valuable tool for facilitating effective and efficient IT participation in the merger, acquisition, or divestiture. This document provides checklists useful for the IT organization in some of the key areas of M&A: IT due diligence, IT integration readiness, IT divestiture readiness, IT transition service agreements, and data requirements.
• M&A IT Playbook Overview: Managing the technology components of a merger, acquisition, or divestiture can be the key differentiator between potential and realized synergies. Therefore, managers who are planning multiple merger, acquisition, or divestiture transactions can proactively prepare to execute the necessary IT activities by developing an M&A IT playbook. This document provides an overview of M&A IT playbooks and a sample table of contents. Developing an M&A IT playbook can help an organization jump-start its IT integration ...