Software & technology assessments
Know what to fix, build or replace before you spend more.
NLC reviews your software, vendors, architecture and business workflows, then gives you a practical plan with the risks, costs and next steps clearly defined.
You get Nick directly, not a sales desk. He reads every inquiry and responds quickly.
- Fixed fee
- Two to three weeks
- Independent recommendation
- You own the findings
When an assessment makes sense
Get clarity before making the larger commitment.
The decision is usually not technical. It is how much to spend, on what, and in what order. An assessment answers that before the money is committed.
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You are deciding whether to keep, extend or replace an existing platform.
- 02
A vendor has proposed an expensive project and you need an independent opinion.
- 03
Software delivery is stalled, over budget or difficult to understand.
- 04
Your systems do not work together and manual processes are filling the gaps.
- 05
You want to introduce AI or automation but need to identify where it will create real value.
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Leadership needs credible costs, risks and priorities before approving development.
What you receive
A recommendation you can act on.
This is not a generic IT audit, and it is not a sales presentation. NLC learns how the business runs, examines the software and the vendors, tests the assumptions, then writes down what it found.
- Current-state review of the relevant software, architecture, vendors and workflows.
- Stakeholder and business-process discovery.
- Review of integrations, data, security and operational risks.
- Comparison of the realistic options and their tradeoffs.
- Recommendation for what should stay, change, be replaced or be built.
- Estimated implementation costs and major technical risks.
- A phased roadmap showing what should happen first.
- Written findings and an executive walkthrough.
How it works
From the first conversation to a written plan.
- 01
Understand the situation
Review the business goals, current problems and decisions that need to be made.
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Inspect and test
Review the relevant software, documentation, vendors, integrations and available technical access.
- 03
Compare the options
Evaluate the realistic paths, costs, risks and tradeoffs.
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Deliver the plan
Provide the written recommendation, phased roadmap and executive walkthrough.
Pricing and timing
Defined scope. Fixed fee. Useful answer.
Focused assessments start at $5,000 and typically take two to three weeks. More complex, multi-system assessments are scoped and priced before work begins.
The assessment and recommendations belong to you regardless of who handles implementation.
Focused assessment
From $5,000
- Two to three weeks
- Scope agreed before the work starts
- Written findings and an executive walkthrough
What happens next
Use the plan with NLC, your existing team or another provider.
NLC can build the software, lead the implementation or stay involved as a hands-on fractional CTO or software architect. If another team handles delivery, the assessment is still written so they can act on it.
Led by Nick Chiafullo
Nick is a hands-on fractional CTO and principal software architect with nearly 20 years of experience building software, taking over existing platforms, leading vendor transitions and turning business requirements into production systems.
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What decision are you trying to make?
Tell us what is happening, what you are considering and where you need an independent technical opinion. Nick reads every inquiry and responds quickly.
Prefer direct? nick@nlc.consulting or (856) 522-4261