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For companies who want to build up their technology strategy and direction or to start building their own technology, I can accelerate your plans and transform your position
For companies who want to build up their technology strategy and direction or to start building their own technology, I can accelerate your plans and transform your position
If you're keen to get started, let's do it
Product | Technology | Approach
Product | Technology | Approach
Product Strategy
Product Strategy
- Align your technology plans with your product and growth plans
- How to build the right product and ensure your assumptions are validated with users and the market
Technology Strategy
Technology Strategy
- Develop a roadmap for your technology to deliver what you need
- Ensure you build on the right platform whilst managing your technical debt
The Approach
The Approach
- De-risk by running small (inexpensive!) experiments, running `proof of concept` projects. (Avoid the local maxima!)
- How to build it in the right way using lean and agile approaches
For start-ups and SMEs that need an experienced outside voice to act as a sounding board at critical points or over the long term
For start-ups and SMEs that need an experienced outside voice to act as a sounding board at critical points or over the long term
Outside Sounding Board and Due Diligence
Outside Sounding Board and Due Diligence
Executing the strategy and keeping tech projects on track requires being on to top of the housekeeping. I can provide due diligence on security, compliance and best practice for your own or third party technology (boring but essential!), as well as price-checking against industry expectations.
Strategy for uncertainty and innovation
Strategy for uncertainty and innovation
Innovation
Innovation
Innovation is not really about ideas or moments of genius, but about a disciplined approach to investing in where the market will be in 5, 10 or 20 years time.
I can help you understand emerging technologies, assessing their impact on your business and design an approach to adopting them without over-committing.
Build a solid technology strategy
Build a solid technology strategy
Getting started
Getting started
Most engagements start with a face-to-face meeting or a call to establish if there's a cultural and experience fit. You will likely have some specific high priority needs and will want to be sure that I have the experience and availability to deliver on them.
Executing a plan
Executing a plan
From there, we gather further information on your strategy, existing tech stack and tech capacity to execute. Building on this, I would create a plan (with your input) which we would iterate over time. I either execute the plan or help you source the right suppliers or in-house team to do so.
Flex scope as needed
Flex scope as needed
Either way we would have created a system for maintaining momentum and always focusing efforts on the product and company growth plan. At any stage, I can take over the implementation by overseeing your developers and suppliers, ensuring that they retain the vision for your product.
A bit about you....
A bit about you....
Startup or SME
Startup or SME
Early startups and SMEs share a lot of challenges. Limited time and resources, a need to make decisions and often need to bring in people who have done it before.
Established product needing a strategy
Established product needing a strategy
Products get big quickly. We can make sense of an established product, break down the backlog and create a plan to deliver value for your users.
Plan for growth
Plan for growth
Products need different kinds of technology, tools and people at different stages. We can plan for growth so you know what to expect and when.
I usually work with founders, non-technical executives, technical execs and managers who need support in their planning.
All my clients have had a mission, either implicit or explicit to change their organisation and make technology work for them. Some have had existing revenue, others have been before revenue. Their timescale constraints are to get something moving as soon as possible but have a plan over 3-5 years. Sectors include entertainment, music, education, travel and finance. If this sounds like you, let's get started.
Getting started
Getting started
- 30min exploratory call to get to know you and your business.
- The exploratory call covers key topics to understanding your business now and your aims
- After this call, you will receive a proposal with usually 2-3 options within a week
This can also provide fixed quotes for work such as: due diligence, building a technology strategy, “Parachute” consulting to solve specific problems. These have the same on-boarding process, but different commitment.
No obligation, no annoying sales people. Just a good conversation about where you're at and what you need.
Why "The Lean CTO"?
Why "The Lean CTO"?
A key tenant of "lean thinking" is that the customer "pulls" value from the organisation rather than the organisation pushing out products and ideas speculatively. I have borrowed this idea to provide just enough time and scope to the relationship to bring value to my clients - not too much so you have the overhead of a CTO, and not so little that you can't progress. Just the right amount to make an impact.
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