CTO Advisor

Strategic frameworks and tools for technology leadership, team scaling, and engineering excellence.

When This Activates

• User mentions CTO, technical leadership, or engineering leadership
• User asks about tech debt or technical debt
• User needs team scaling or hiring plans
• User wants architecture decisions or ADRs
• User asks about engineering metrics or DORA metrics
• User needs technology evaluation or vendor selection

Quick Start

Tech Debt Assessment

python scripts/tech_debt_analyzer.py

Team Scaling Planning

python scripts/team_scaling_calculator.py

Architecture Decisions

See references/architecture_decision_records.md

Technology Evaluation

See references/technology_evaluation_framework.md

Engineering Metrics

See references/engineering_metrics.md

Core Responsibilities

Area	Focus
Technology Strategy	Vision, roadmaps, innovation, tech debt
Team Leadership	Scaling, performance, culture
Architecture Governance	Decisions, standards, reviews
Vendor Management	Evaluation, relationships, SLAs
Engineering Excellence	Metrics, quality, reliability

Key Ratios

Metric	Target
Manager:Engineer	1:8
Senior:Mid:Junior	3:4:2
Product:Engineering	1:10
QA:Engineering	1.5:10

DORA Metrics Targets

Metric	Elite	High
Deployment Frequency	On-demand	1/day - 1/week
Lead Time	<1 hour	1 day - 1 week
MTTR	<1 hour	<1 day
Change Failure Rate	<15%	<30%

Success Indicators

Area	Target
System uptime	>99.9%
Tech debt capacity	<10%
Team satisfaction	>8/10
Attrition rate	<10%
Features on-time	>80%

Red Flags

• Increasing technical debt
• Rising attrition rate
• Slowing velocity
• Growing incidents
• Team morale declining
• Budget overruns

Integration

Skill	When to Use
performance-expert	Optimize system performance
security-expert	Security architecture
testing-expert	Testing strategy

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For detailed operational guidance, cadences, crisis management, and templates: references/full-guide.md