DECRA · NAIROBI, KENYA

Technical Development, Structuring & Audit

Technical product development and assurance for teams deciding what to build, how to structure it, and whether it is ready to operate, scale or withstand independent review.

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01 — APPROACH

The decision this work supports

For founders, product leaders and investors who need a defensible view of what to build, buy, change or trust before committing further time or capital.

How the work is approached

Start with the decision and its constraints. Review the product, architecture, operating context and evidence available; then identify the trade-offs, failure modes and next steps that matter to that decision.

What it can produce
  • Architecture and build-versus-buy recommendations
  • Risk-ranked technical findings and remediation priorities
  • System designs, prototypes or engineering deliverables agreed in scope

Scope and limits. The scope defines systems reviewed, access, testing depth, environments and deliverables. A review is time- and evidence-bound; it is not a guarantee that a system is secure, compliant or free of defects.

Set the product direction, organizational foundations and technical architecture before committing to a build path.

01

Product Strategy & Roadmap

Deciding what gets built and in what order, with the technical and legal consequences of each choice visible before it is made rather than after.

Product strategyProduct architecture reviewsFeature & roadmap advisoryProduct lifecycle planningGo-to-market readinessLaunch sequencingBuild vs buy decisionsTechnical trade-off analysis
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02

Startup Structuring & Incorporation

Standing the company up properly: incorporation, ownership, and the founding documents the product and its investors will later be read against.

Company incorporationCorporate structuringFounder & co-founder agreementsEquity, vesting & cap table setupShareholder agreementsForeign branch registrationRegulatory registrationsInvestment readiness
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03

System Design & Architecture

Designing secure, reliable, maintainable, and scalable systems from application components through infrastructure.

System architectureApplication architectureSoftware architectureComponent architectureModular monolith architectureMicroservices architectureDistributed systemsEvent-driven architectureMulti-tenant architectureService boundariesSystem dependenciesArchitecture modernizationArchitecture migrationArchitecture documentation
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04

Web & Application Engineering

Assessing and designing the application layer across frontend, backend, APIs, services, and user-facing systems.

Frontend architectureBackend architectureWeb application architectureApplication structureServer-side architectureClient-server architectureAuthentication flowsAuthorization architectureSession managementState managementBackground processingCachingError handlingApplication resilience
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05

Data & Database Architecture

Designing how systems store, relate, process, protect, move, and retrieve data.

Database architectureData modellingRelational data modellingNoSQL architectureSchema designEntity relationship modellingIndexing strategyQuery architectureData integrityData migrationData pipelinesData lifecycleData retentionBackup & recoveryData storage strategy
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API & Integration Engineering

Designing and evaluating the interfaces and integrations through which systems communicate.

REST API designAPI architectureAPI specificationsOpenAPI documentationOAuth & authentication flowsWebhooksEvent-driven integrationsThird-party API integrationAPI versioningRate limitingRetry & failure handlingIdempotencyIntegration monitoringIntegration dependency analysis
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07

Cloud, Infrastructure & Deployment

Designing the infrastructure and deployment systems required to run technology reliably in production.

Cloud architectureHosting architectureServer architectureDevelopment environmentsStaging environmentsProduction environmentsCI/CD architectureContainerizationDeployment architectureDNS & networkingSecrets managementInfrastructure configurationMonitoringLoggingDisaster recovery
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AI & Intelligent Systems

Designing AI-enabled systems around models, data, prompts, retrieval, automation, evaluation, and human oversight.

AI system architectureLLM application architectureRAG architectureDocument intelligenceAI workflowsPrompt architecturePrompt engineeringContext engineeringTool-calling systemsStructured AI outputsHuman-in-the-loop systemsAI evaluationModel selectionModel integrationAI monitoringAI fallback systems
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09

Algorithms & Decision Systems

Designing computational logic, automated decision systems, rules engines, and optimization processes.

Algorithm designAlgorithm analysisDecision systemsRules enginesScoring systemsRanking systemsRecommendation systemsMatching systemsClassification systemsOptimization problemsComputational complexityDecision logicAlgorithmic edge casesHuman override mechanisms
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IoT, Robotics & Connected Systems

Designing and assessing systems that connect software, devices, sensors, networks, and physical-world processes.

IoT architectureDevice-to-cloud architectureEdge computingSensor systemsDevice communicationTelemetry systemsControl systemsRobotics software architectureCyber-physical systemsFirmware-to-cloud workflowsDevice lifecycle managementConnected-device securityFailure-state analysisSafe-state design
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Evaluate product behavior under representative workloads, failure conditions and adversarial use.

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Product & Functional Testing

Testing whether products behave as intended across normal, exceptional, and real-world user scenarios.

Functional testingFeature testingUser-flow testingWorkflow testingAcceptance testingRegression testingScenario testingEdge-case testingNegative testingBoundary testingError-state testingCross-feature testing
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12

Web, Site & Application Testing

Evaluating websites and web applications across functionality, structure, performance, compatibility, and resilience.

Website testingWeb application testingHTML validationCSS & UI testingJavaScript behavior testingBrowser compatibilityResponsive testingForm testingNavigation testingLink & route testingAccessibility checksConsole-error analysisClient-side error analysisApplication behavior testing
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13

API, Server & Infrastructure Testing

Testing the technical interfaces and infrastructure that support applications in real operating conditions.

API endpoint testingRequest & response testingAuthentication testingAuthorization testingHTTP behavior testingStatus-code analysisHeader analysisAPI error handlingRate-limit testingTimeout testingServer configuration reviewServer availability testingDeployment verificationEnvironment testingService dependency testing
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14

Performance & Scalability Testing

Determining how systems behave under realistic and increasing workloads.

Performance testingLoad testingStress testingCapacity analysisResponse-time analysisDatabase performanceAPI performanceConcurrency testingResource-utilization analysisScalability assessmentBottleneck identificationCaching assessmentQueue & background-job analysis
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Failure & Resilience Testing

Challenging systems against failures, dependency outages, inconsistent states, and unexpected operating conditions.

Failure-mode analysisDependency failure testingTimeout scenariosRetry behaviorDuplicate-event testingConcurrency failuresPartial-failure analysisRecovery testingBackup restoration testingDisaster-recovery testingGraceful degradationFallback mechanismsSafe-state analysis
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16

Adversarial & Abuse Testing

Thinking like an attacker, manipulator, or unusual user to identify weaknesses in product logic and system behavior.

Abuse-case analysisAdversarial user flowsLogic manipulationPermission abuse scenariosInput manipulationWorkflow bypass analysisState manipulationDuplicate-action testingPrivilege-boundary testingAI adversarial testingPrompt-injection analysisSystem misuse scenarios
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17

AI Evaluation & Testing

Testing AI systems for accuracy, reliability, consistency, safety, failure modes, and appropriate human escalation.

Model evaluationPrompt evaluationOutput evaluationHallucination testingGrounding evaluationRAG evaluationAdversarial promptingPrompt-injection testingConsistency testingEdge-case evaluationBias & fairness assessmentConfidence & escalation logicHuman-review thresholdsAI regression testing
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18

Security Testing & Assurance

Assessing security controls and system boundaries to identify weaknesses and strengthen the product's security posture.

Security architecture reviewAuthentication reviewAuthorization reviewAccess-control analysisSession-security reviewSecrets-management reviewData-exposure analysisAPI security reviewSecurity configuration reviewThreat modellingTrust-boundary analysisSecurity control assessment
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Independent technical findings to inform governance, investment, procurement and acquisition decisions.

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Technology Risk & Assurance

Bringing technical, operational, legal, privacy, security, and regulatory findings together into an actionable risk assessment.

Technology risk assessmentsProduct risk assessmentsArchitecture assessmentsTechnology auditsPrivacy impact assessmentsAI impact assessmentsOperational resilienceSecurity & resilience reviewsLaunch readinessProduction readinessRemediation planningRisk registers
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Technology Due Diligence

Examining technology products, systems, code, infrastructure, AI, intellectual property, and risks before investment, acquisition, or strategic decisions.

Technical due diligenceProduct due diligenceArchitecture due diligenceCodebase assessmentTechnology-stack assessmentInfrastructure assessmentAI due diligenceIP due diligenceCybersecurity assessmentTechnical debt assessmentScalability assessmentTechnology auditsInvestment readinessAcquisition readiness
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COMMON QUESTIONS

Questions about technical development, structuring & audit

01When should we commission a technical product or architecture review?

Before a major build, migration, launch, procurement or investment decision—when a clear view of the system and its constraints can still change the decision.

02Does a technical audit include penetration testing?

Only if the engagement specifically includes it. The proposal defines the systems, methods, access and test boundaries; a code or architecture review is not the same as an authorized penetration test.

03What does technology due diligence cover?

The agreed review may examine architecture, code, infrastructure, data, AI, security and technical operating risks. The findings are prioritized for the transaction or investment question, rather than presented as a generic checklist.

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