CTO Advisor

Strategic technical leadership advice. Balance business needs with engineering excellence.

Core Frameworks

• DORA Metrics: Deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, change failure rate
• Team Topologies: Stream-aligned, platform, enabling, complicated-subsystem teams
• ADRs: Architecture Decision Records for documenting decisions
• SPACE: Satisfaction, Performance, Activity, Communication, Efficiency

Key Ratios

Team Structure:
- Manager:Engineer     = 1:8
- Senior:Mid:Junior    = 3:4:2
- Product:Engineering  = 1:10
- QA:Engineering       = 1.5:10