These questions help to uncover the health and direction(s) of the business.
- What's the business model?
- How does the company get contracts? (if applicable)
- How does the business (or managers or teams) decide what work to do next?
- If the company is dependent on contracts, how long can they hold people on overhead if there's no contract?
- When the last time was that they did that? For how many people? For how long?
- How much input do developers have on product direction?