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An independent view of the technology before you commit to it

Fixed scope, fixed price, written findings. For investors assessing a target, boards questioning a platform, and operators deciding whether to rebuild, replace or carry on.

The challenge

Decisions that are hard to make without an independent view

  • You are about to invest in or acquire a company

    The data room says the platform is modern and scalable. Nobody on your side can tell whether that is true, or what it would cost if it is not.

  • The board is being asked for a large technology budget

    A rebuild, a migration or a new platform is on the table. The people proposing it are the people who would run it.

  • A supplier or integrator is not delivering

    Milestones slip, invoices do not, and nobody can say whether the problem is the supplier, the specification or the architecture.

  • A regulated client or an auditor is asking questions

    Enterprise clients, regulators and insurers want evidence about security, resilience and data handling that the team has never had to write down.

What we do

What the review covers

  • Architecture and code

    Structure, dependencies, technical debt, scalability limits and the parts that will resist change.

  • Team and delivery

    How the team ships, how decisions are made, who holds critical knowledge, and what happens when they leave.

  • Security, resilience and data

    Access control, backup and recovery, data residency, third-party processors and the gaps a regulated buyer would find.

  • Cost and roadmap

    What the platform costs to run, what the stated roadmap will really take, and the options with their trade-offs.

  • Regulatory exposure

    GDPR, the EU AI Act and sector rules where they apply, with the actions needed to close the gaps.

What you get

A report you can act on and put in front of others

  1. 01

    A written findings report

    Plain language for the board, technical detail for the team, and a clear overall assessment.

  2. 02

    A ranked risk register

    Each risk with its likely impact, its cost to address and a recommended owner.

  3. 03

    Options with costs and sequencing

    Rebuild, replace, remediate or carry on, with what each would take and what it would leave unresolved.

  4. 04

    A session with your decision makers

    To walk through the findings, answer questions and agree what happens next.

How it works

How a review runs

  1. 01

    Scope

    Agree the questions the review must answer, the access required and the fixed price.

  2. 02

    Review

    Document review, code and architecture inspection, interviews with the team and key suppliers.

  3. 03

    Report

    Written findings, risk register and options, in a form that can be shared with investors, boards or lenders.

  4. 04

    Decide

    A working session with the decision makers, and the option to continue as fractional CTO if remediation follows.

Contact

Let us start with a 30 minute conversation

You describe your situation, we tell you plainly whether and how we can help. No preparation, no commitment.