Technical Delivery
Risk Assessment
Stage one. A fixed-scope review that tells the CEO where technical risk sits, what it is costing the business, and what to do first.
WHAT IT IS
An executive view of
technical risk.
The Assessment is designed to be a straightforward first engagement: fixed scope, fixed fee, one to two weeks elapsed rather than one to two weeks of consultancy time inside your business.
It examines how technology decisions are made and owned in your organisation, not just the code. The output is written for the CEO and the board, and it is short.
What we examine
Organisation and decisions
- Engineering and product organisation
- Technical decision-making
- Ownership and accountability
- Security and governance
- Vendor, model and platform dependencies
- Scalability
Delivery and code
- AI development practices
- Architecture
- Codebase health
- Technical debt
- Defect patterns
- Deployment and release process
- Use of AI coding agents
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
One report. Five columns.
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01
Risk
What we found, stated plainly.
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02
Business consequence
What it is costing you now, or will.
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03
Recommendation
What to do about it.
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04
Priority
What to do first, and what can wait.
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05
Investment required
What it will take, in time and money.
Not a 70-page architecture document. An executive report a CEO can act on in a single meeting.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
Some organisations need nothing more.
Often the Assessment is enough: a clear picture, a prioritised list, and the confidence to act. Where the findings call for hands-on change, the 90-Day Technical Leadership Accelerator picks up exactly where the report leaves off.
Discuss a technical challenge
A short conversation is the fastest way to find out whether an Assessment is the right first step.