A business inherits an unfinished application and wants to know whether it can be continued. The answer needs inspection of the actual source and running system, not an assumption based on how the interface looks.
Establish what exists
Identify the source location, deployed version, database, files, provider connections and current access owner. Read existing development and testing guidance where available. Keep credentials out of general project messages.
Trace an ordinary task and a known failure. Record which behavior works, what is incomplete and what remains unverified.
Separate stabilization from new features
The first work may involve recovery, access clarification or a scoped repair. A broader rebuild should follow evidence about the current system and the business's needs.
Agree a protected change and rollback approach before touching production. Preserve runtime data and uploads rather than replacing them with a template or test environment.
Bring the available source, current host and the person authorized to arrange access. An initial assessment can produce a practical continuation plan, with clear unknowns and a bounded next step your business can review.
Ask which version is actually deployed and compare it with the available source. A recent folder date does not prove that the code matches the behavior users currently see.