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CTO Rating Framework
Comprehensive assessment of your effectiveness as a CTO and your team's capabilities
How to use this framework
- Select assessment mode: Both, CTO only, or Team only
- For each category, select the maturity level that best describes current state
- Review overall maturity scores with weighted calculations
- Use recommendations to create improvement roadmap
- Future: Logged-in users will get AI-driven personalized roadmaps
👤CTO Personal Assessment
Evaluate your personal effectiveness as a CTO
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Technical Excellence
Weight: 20%
Level 3: Active technical leadership
- • Regular code/design reviews
- • Guides architecture decisions
- • Maintains technical credibility
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Leadership & Vision
Weight: 20%
Level 3: Clear direction
- • Defined tech vision
- • Aligns team with goals
- • Effective communication to all levels
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Team Management
Weight: 15%
Level 3: Structured management
- • Strong hiring bar
- • Career development paths
- • Effective delegation
⚙️
Operational Excellence
Weight: 15%
Level 3: Defined operations
- • Documented processes
- • Key metrics monitored
- • Incident management
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Strategic Alignment
Weight: 15%
Level 3: Business-aligned tech
- • Tech roadmap aligned to business
- • Proactive planning
- • Strong exec relationships
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External Impact
Weight: 15%
Level 3: Active engagement
- • Conference talks
- • Strong employer brand
- • Inbound recruiting
👥CTO Team Functions
Evaluate your team's functional capabilities (not individuals)
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Engineering Function
Weight: 25%
Level 3: Defined practices
- • Coding standards enforced
- • Required code review
- • Feature branching
🏗️
Architecture Function
Weight: 20%
Level 3: Defined architecture
- • Clear patterns
- • ADRs documented
- • Managed tech debt
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DevOps/SRE Function
Weight: 15%
Level 3: Automated pipelines
- • Full CI/CD
- • Infrastructure as code
- • Observability
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Quality Assurance Function
Weight: 15%
Level 3: Comprehensive QA
- • Automated testing
- • Quality gates
- • Shift-left testing
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Security Function
Weight: 15%
Level 3: Proactive security
- • Security in SDLC
- • Automated scanning
- • Threat modeling
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Data Engineering Function
Weight: 10%
Level 3: Data platform
- • Automated pipelines
- • Data catalog
- • Self-service BI
Overall Maturity
3
Defined
Standardized and documented
Combined Score: 3.00
👤CTO Maturity
Level 3
Defined
Weighted: 3.00
🔧Technical ExcellenceL3 (20%)
🎯Leadership & VisionL3 (20%)
👥Team ManagementL3 (15%)
⚙️Operational ExcellenceL3 (15%)
🧭Strategic AlignmentL3 (15%)
🌟External ImpactL3 (15%)
👥Team Maturity
Level 3
Defined
Weighted: 3.00
💻Engineering FunctionL3 (25%)
🏗️Architecture FunctionL3 (20%)
🔄DevOps/SRE FunctionL3 (15%)
✅Quality Assurance FunctionL3 (15%)
🔒Security FunctionL3 (15%)
📊Data Engineering FunctionL3 (10%)
🤖AI-Driven Roadmap
Get personalized improvement plans, resource recommendations, and milestone tracking.
Maturity Level Reference
Level 1
Initial
Ad-hoc, reactive approach
Level 2
Developing
Basic practices in place
Level 3
Defined
Standardized and documented
Level 4
Managed
Measured and controlled
Level 5
Optimizing
Continuous improvement culture
Understanding Weighted Scores
CTO Categories (Personal)
- 🔧 Technical Excellence20%
- 🎯 Leadership & Vision20%
- 👥 Team Management15%
- ⚙️ Operational Excellence15%
- 🧭 Strategic Alignment15%
- 🌟 External Impact15%
Team Functions
- 💻 Engineering Function25%
- 🏗️ Architecture Function20%
- 🔄 DevOps/SRE Function15%
- ✅ Quality Assurance Function15%
- 🔒 Security Function15%
- 📊 Data Engineering Function10%
Overall score combines CTO (50%) and Team (50%) weighted scores. Categories are weighted based on relative importance to CTO effectiveness.