Automated risk evaluation in support of end user decisions

A computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions for evaluating risk in an acquisition in support of end user decisions, comprising:

• accessing, by a processing unit, at least one database to retrieve documentation corresponding to the acquisition and secondary information corresponding to the documentation, the documentation and secondary information each including data fields;
• comparing the documentation data fields with corresponding secondary information data fields to identify acquisition defects;
• applying risk heuristics on the acquisition defects to generate a probability estimation for each acquisition defect;
• and
• outputting a risk evaluation for the acquisition including a confidence metric based on an aggregation of the probability estimations.

A system, comprising:

• a device including a memory with an application configured to evaluate risk in an acquisition to support end user decisions installed thereon, wherein the application is configured to:
• access at least one database to retrieve documentation corresponding to the acquisition and secondary information corresponding to the documentation, the documentation and secondary information each including data fields;
• compare the documentation data fields with corresponding secondary information data fields to identify acquisition defects;
• apply risk heuristics on the acquisition defects to generate a probability estimation for each acquisition defect;
• and
• output a risk evaluation for the acquisition including a confidence metric based on an aggregation of the probability estimations.