A technical person on your side, without a full-time hire.
Once a vendor is building, we act as your part-time technical lead. We review the work, keep scope in check, and tell you in plain language whether the project is on track.
A status report you can read in five minutes
After each review period you get a one-page update: what was delivered against the specification, the risks, and the decisions that need you. Share it with partners or investors as it is.
What we do
Release reviews
We check each release against the specification before you approve it.
For example: a login flow ships without password reset. We catch it before sign-off, not after launch.
Testing like your users
We test what was built the way your customers and staff will use it.
Scope and change control
Every change request gets a clear cost, a clear reason, and your approval.
For example: a vendor quotes extra work to fix a feature. We check whether it was already in the original scope.
Estimate checks
We sanity-check estimates and invoices so effort and cost stay in proportion.
Technical decisions
When the team needs a decision, we lay out the options before you choose.
Plain-language reporting
A regular status you can read in five minutes and share with partners or investors.
Two ways to bring us in
After discovery and vendor selection
We already know the specification and the team, so oversight starts on day one with no handover.
On a project already underway
Something feels off but you can't say what. We review where things stand, give you an honest read, and help get it back on course.
Engagements are ongoing and scoped to your project. Content needed: engagement shape, for example monthly with a set number of review hours, and a starting price
Questions about fractional CTO support
What is a fractional CTO?
A senior technical person who works with you part time. You get technical judgment and oversight without the cost of a full-time hire.
Will you write code?
No. We review, test, decide and report. Your vendor builds.
Can you step in if our project is already in trouble?
Yes. Start with a review of where things stand; we tell you honestly what we find.
Want a straight answer on how your project is really going?
A short conversation with a founder about where you are. You leave with an honest read and a sensible next step, whether or not that involves us.
Free and without obligation. Content needed: call length
- Before the callWe read what you sent, so the call starts with your problem.
- On the callWe ask questions, listen, and explain how we would approach it.
- After the callIf we are a fit, a written proposal with a fixed scope follows. If not, we say so.