See what is really going on inside your technology function

A structured, independent assessment of your technology health across four domains: the technology itself, how you deliver software, how the team operates, and whether the product direction and market are aligned.

WHAT WE COVER

Four domains, one
diagnosis

Technology

Architecture, infrastructure, security posture (Cyber Essentials readiness), technical debt, scalability. Are the foundations solid enough for where the business is going?

Delivery

Software development life cycle, deployment practices, QA strategy, defect management, release cadence. Is the team shipping reliably and safely?

Operations

Team structure, roles, capacity metrics, ways of working. Is the team set up to succeed, or are they fighting the structure?

Product alignment

Requirements quality, roadmap, coherence, product-engineering interface. Is the technology being built actually connected to what the business needs?

WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT

From conversation to
action plan

Scoping

We start with a conversation (no charge) to understand your situation, what triggered the review, and what you need from the output.

Discovery

Remote interviews with your CEO, CTO, engineering leads, and key stakeholders. Review of your codebase (read-only), pipelines, project tools and documentation.

Analysis

We synthesise findings across all four domains, looking for patterns and root causes, not just symptoms.

Report and handover

Written report in a format that works for you: a slide deck for board presentations, a detailed spreadsheet of findings with severity, priority and recommended actions, and/or a full written document. Always providing a handover meeting to walk through everything and discuss next steps.

Deliverables

What you get

A board-ready findings report (typically 20 to 35 slides) covering all four domains. A detailed findings spreadsheet with specific observations, evidence, and recommended actions. A sixty to ninety minute handover meeting. And an optional follow-up call to review progress. Total client time commitment is typically eight to twelve hours of stakeholder availability.

OPTIONS

Standard and Enhanced

Standard Review

For standalone CEO/COO-initiated reviews. Fixed fee based on complexity. Covers all four domains with a prioritised action plan.

Enhanced Review

For PE/VC-linked reviews or pre-traction contexts. Included deeper analysis, more stakeholder engagement, deal-specific output format, and an executive briefing to the investor or acquirer.

Both are fixed fee. No day rate, no scope creep, no surprise invoices. We will discuss pricing on the scoping call once we understand the scope of the work required.

WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT

Senior Practitioners,
cross-engagement
pattern recognition

Every review is delivered by a practitioner whose background matches the sector and the question. Because our team operates across multiple concurrent CTO and CIO engagements, patterns that a single-client reviewer would miss surface immediately.

Because our practitioners operate across multiple concurrent CTO and CIO engagements, ScaleAround carries cross-engagement pattern recognition into every review. Patterns that a single-client reviewer would miss surface immediately.

The report is written for non-technical stakeholders. If it cannot be presented to the board without translation, it is not done.

Is this right for you?

You should consider a
technology review if….

You have been told the technology is fine, but you have no way to verify that independently.

You are about to raise investment and investors will ask about technology risk.

You have acquired or are acquiring a technology business and need to understand what you are buying.

Your development team is busy but nothing seems to ship.

You suspect the architecture will not scale but you are not technical enough to assess it yourself.

Get Started

Start a conversation

A 30-minute scoping call. We will ask about your situation, tell you honestly whether we can help, and if it makes sense, outline next steps. No pitch deck. No pressure. No charge.

Book a scoping call