Reach the deadline with a defensible recommendation.
Track outstanding diligence against contract dates and prepare investment memos from the current findings. Show why the team recommends advancing, renegotiating, or passing, with the supporting economics, risks, and remaining unknowns visible.
Carry the diligence into development.
Keep the selected scenario, source documents, unresolved issues, and commitments connected when the project moves to the delivery team. Preserve the reasoning behind the acquisition so prior work remains inspectable instead of being treated as an unsupported new assumption.