The AMA Handbook of Due Diligence

DUE DILIGENCE HANDBOOK 2-03

The due diligence process has been likened to peeling a blemished onion. You investigate one layer at a time.

Each phase of the investigation uncovers additional items to be explored further. You then move on to the next

phase - and the next - until you reach a conclusion as to whether to continue or to abandon the investigation.

The keys to an efficient investigation are to bring together a team of qualified, professionally oriented individu-

als, to determinine the depth of information required and to establish priorities for its collection.

The

Team Approach

It is rare to find one, or even two people, who have the breath ...