As the principal of an organization you may not always hear the honest truth from your technical team. It’s not that they are lying to you, it’s that they may not be able to easily articulate risks, technical challenges, staffing issues, and budgetary concerns.
When sensitive issues like these are not verbalized carefully, both up and down the organizational hierarchy, they will end up causing low morale in some, resentment in others, and an overall malaise throughout the team.
When these issues are left unaddressed they fester and cause quality problems, staff turnover, and will directly affect revenue and the bottom line.
Addressing issues like these is better suited to a third party whose only motive is to gather facts and offer solutions that help the team as a whole. As a third party I do not pass judgement, attack, point fingers, or feel threatened.
My process enables me to delve deep into the risks, challenges, issues, and concerns. I take everyone’s point of view into consideration and compile a single set of findings, both good and bad, to give you the most accurate depiction possible.
Assessment Services
First, I work with you, the principal, to get an understanding of your concerns and what you’d like to see ideally from your technical team.
Next, to get a managerial perspective, I talk with your CTO, VPs, and directors. I delve into their pain points, understand their challenges, and find out what they would view as ideal.
Lastly, I talk with your developers to understand their take on things, the shortcomings of management, and what their ideal situation would be.
I take the input of all involved and put together an outline of the risks, challenges, and issues. As a third party, this can be accomplished objectively and without judgement.
By taking the various points of view into consideration a single team wide assessment can be made that will outline everything, both good and bad, objectively. The assessment outlines changes to staffing, process, and technology, along with associated long and short term cost benefits.
Let’s have a free 15 minute conversation to see if I can help.