A service takes care of everything technical, so you do not need to worry one bit about that side, just focus on business building and funding
Why CTO as a service ?
Having a holistic view of the technology ecosystem is mandatory for the definition of a successful digital transformation strategy. This is the mission of the CTO.
“CTO is most impactful executive in a company under
the pressure of the digital transformation”
During a change management program, here are examples of activities that a CTO could make:
- Assure a continuous technology watch: Running the business with outdated technology directly impact the customer experience. This could have a negative impact on your branding. So, it is important to use a CTO who has a good understanding about the technology’s trend to make the good choice for the development of your new or current products and services and push your company in the right direction.
- Align with Company’s Vision: The second important activity is to alignment between the technology choices and the capabilities of the company. Starting from a cartography of the company’s capabilities (strategic – operational – support), the CTO can map them to the related resources (example: people – process and platform). With this mapping, the CTO will create a strategy where the technology will be the This mapping will be key for example to define your Application modernization strategy.
- Convert a business idea into a disruptive product and/or service: Starting from an idea, the CTO can create a minimum value product which could convince your different stakeholders. With their agreement, the CTO can put in place the organization (reinforce the team and the ecosystem of partners), the processes, design the platform (the 3Ps) to make your idea viable on the market.
- Provide a Tech-Expertise to revitalize your current products and services: Even if the business practices correctly operate, it could be possible in these two horizons that the company needs a solid background in techie-industry to revitalize a product and/or service. For example: advice about the redesign of the user interface to increase the customer experience.
The CTO must operate temporarily in the life of your company in the context of the change management program unless you are Google, Amazon or SpaceX and your business is to reinvent your market every year
This is the main reason that CTO as a Service makes perfect sense during your change management program.
A good CTO-as-a-Service takes care of everything technical, so you do not need to worry one bit about that side, just focus on business building and funding
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