CTO as a service

CTO as a Service from Stance provides organisations with experienced, expert advice to deliver cloud-based business strategies, including serverless. It will provide insight into your current organisational, technology, service and commercial context and give you the tools to establish an appropriate strategy to successfully transition and transform your overall organisation.

Features

• Actionable advice from expert CTOs
• Deep understanding of the cloud market and its direction
• Up to date guidance on adopting a serverless strategy
• Proven methodology to understand your context and constraints
• Deep understanding of public sector technology and commercial strategy
• Experienced consultants able to work with your board colleagues
• More effectively harness the technology supply chain through Digital Marketplace

Benefits

• Delivers a technology strategy fit for the 21st century
• Prioritises business value over technology procurement
• Builds internal understanding and capability
• Enables you to fully harness the potential of technology

Using methods such as value chain mapping, we will help you identify where cloud services can best support your organisation’s mission, what capabilities and services you need and how to acquire them. Our experienced consultants will assist with all aspects of planning an effective cloud strategy. From integrated planning, including transition planning from current to target state, across business, information and technical architectures to alignment with policy and guidance including (where appropriate) HM Government IT spend controls, the Digital Service Standard and Technology Code of Practice.

It encompasses support with metrics to drive behavioural and cultural change and savings plans; development of principles, policies and controls to govern implementation; drafting of policy and related documentation; liaison with and briefing of senior colleagues, including directors, Permanent Secretaries, Ministers and others as required; technology marketplace supplier insight and management; mentoring and development of Senior Civil Service resources on strategic IT alignment with the business, policy of government and transformation.