Tech Value & Risk Scan

An independent CTO review. A clear next decision.

The Tech Value & Risk Scan is an independent CTO review over 10 working days. Understand your options across product, engineering, platform and leadership, then take a practical 90-day plan back to your team.

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Is this right for you?

A focused review for a consequential moment.

Primarily for founder-led B2B software businesses, typically with 8–40 engineers or established technical partners. The decision and your ability to act on the findings matter more than an exact team size.

You’re considering a CTO hire or a change in technical leadership.
A rewrite, replatform or modernisation decision needs a clear direction.
Delivery confidence has fallen and the reasons are unclear.
You’re preparing for investment, a sale or a major enterprise commitment.

What you receive

Clarity you can put to work.

Practical advice, grounded in your business and clear enough to act on.

Executive scorecard

A concise view of what is working, what needs attention and what matters most to the business.

Decision memo

Your options, their trade-offs and a clear recommendation, expressed in language your leadership team can use.

Prioritised risk register

The product, platform, delivery and leadership risks that could change your decision or its timing.

Decision and ownership map

The choices to make, who needs to own them and where responsibilities need to become clearer.

30/60/90-day plan

A practical sequence of actions, with suggested owners and measures of progress.

Leadership readout

Time together to discuss the findings, challenge the conclusions and agree what happens next.

The approach

A straightforward path to your next decision.

Agree the question

We confirm the decision, scope and fee, then agree the people and evidence needed for the review.

Understand the reality

I interview key people and review relevant product, delivery and architecture evidence. The depth follows the decision.

Decide the next move

We work through the findings and 90-day plan together. Your team takes the plan forward, with further advice available if useful.

A clear scope from the start

The final fee follows the agreed question, breadth of scope and evidence to examine. We confirm the scope and fee before work begins.

The review

One principal product or platform, with interviews and evidence agreed in advance. AI, cyber, resilience and vendor exposure are considered where they affect your decision.

Putting it into practice

Your leadership and delivery team own implementation and day-to-day management. The findings and suggested owners support your decisions; ongoing advice can be agreed separately.

Specialist assurance

Formal code audits, penetration tests, compliance certification and full transaction due diligence sit outside this review. Any need for specialist assurance is identified as a separate requirement.

Working with your team

A useful review starts with your decision.

We agree the business question, the people involved and the evidence needed before work begins. Your existing CTO, engineers and partners bring context that matters to the conclusions.

The review runs over 10 working days, typically across 2–3 weeks. We agree the start date and access arrangements in the scope, and discuss any effect on timing if important evidence is unavailable.

What you bring

Access to the relevant leaders and agreed product, delivery and platform information. The required interviews and evidence follow the question we’re answering.

What you take forward

A decision memo and priorities your leadership can discuss, with suggested owners and measures. Your team decides how to assign responsibility and execute the plan.

What changes the scope

The starting fee covers one principal product or platform within an agreed evidence set. Additional products or a wider question need a separately agreed scope and fee.

Let’s build what’s next

A clearer way
forward starts
with a conversation.

Tell me about your business, what’s on your mind and where you’d like to get to.