Ten years of M&A reference model
The story
Finally, the M&A reference model covering all phases of the process is available, an effort that took me about ten years. Why did it take me so long? The goal was to create an end-to-end M&A process and data model to leverage it for the automation of the M&A process.
Since there are massive dependencies of integration activities and data on the earlier phases of the process, I had to dive into the details of strategy and due diligence phases before I work on the details of the merger integration phase. So, I published contents of the M&A reference model for the strategy and the due-diligence phases first (see books below) and now I was able to relate to earlier phases in a complete and consistent manner.
The content
The M&A reference model as of today has the following content:
70 Tasks with detailed descriptions and goals and objectives
1500 Questions are assigned to tasks and help during the execution of the tasks
935 Data Objects are in the corresponding data model of the M&A reference model with thousands of relationships. Each of the data objects is assigned to one or more tasks.
Many M&A tools are assigned to tasks and show if and how much of the task can be automated.
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