IT Leader Decision Tools
Production-ready tools for CTOs, CIOs, and CDOs. Interactive calculators, assessments, and dashboards with Excel export.
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What do you need right now?
Evaluate tradeoffs and make confident technical choices
Understand and reduce infrastructure spend
Identify, score, and plan tech debt reduction
Track metrics, ROI, and team effectiveness
Map out services, APIs, and infrastructure
Manage active incidents and run effective postmortems
Tool Pathways
NEWDiscover tools for your business phase: Inception → Growth → Maturity
⚖️Compliance & Risk
Comprehensive compliance assessments for GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and more.
IP & Brand Monitor
Search and monitor trademarks across USPTO and EUIPO. Track filings, watch for conflicts, and protect your brand.
Data Classification
Classify data assets by sensitivity level for compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS and other regulations
PIA/DPIA Generator
Generate Privacy Impact Assessments and Data Protection Impact Assessments for GDPR compliance
GDPR Compliance
Complete GDPR readiness assessment across all key requirements
SOC 2 Readiness
Trust Service Criteria assessment for SOC 2 Type I/II certification
HIPAA Compliance
Administrative, physical, and technical safeguards assessment
ISO 27001 Gap Analysis
Annex A controls assessment for ISO 27001:2022 certification
NIST CSF Assessment
Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 assessment across all core functions
PCI DSS Checker
Payment card industry compliance across all 12 requirements
DORA Compliance
Digital Operational Resilience Act assessment for EU financial services
STAMP Operational Resilience
Operational resilience assessment across Services, Tolerances, Architecture, Monitoring, and Proof — aligned to FCA and DORA
Security vs Velocity Tradeoff
Balance security investment against delivery speed with risk-tiered decision frameworks
Vendor Lock-in Exit Strategy
Assess vendor lock-in risk, define exit triggers, and plan migration strategies
Vendor Risk Assessment
Comprehensive third-party vendor security and compliance evaluation
Security Assessment Checklist
Comprehensive security posture evaluation across all domains
AI Ethics Assessment
Evaluate AI systems for bias, fairness, transparency, and ethical considerations
NIS2 Readiness
EU critical infrastructure cybersecurity directive readiness assessment
CCPA/CPRA Compliance
California privacy law compliance for consumer rights and data handling
EU AI Act Compliance
Assess AI system risk levels under EU AI Act with compliance checklists
WCAG 2.2 Compliance
Web accessibility assessment for A, AA, and AAA conformance
License Compliance Checker
Check open source licenses, detect GPL conflicts, analyze commercial compatibility
Tech Stack Risk Radar
Assess technology adoption risks and create mitigation strategies
🏗️Architecture & Design
Tools for system architecture, design decisions, and technical planning.
ArchiMate Modeler
Enterprise architecture modeling with AI assistance and team collaboration
Product vs Platform Strategy
Determine if you are building a product or accidentally becoming a platform — and when platform investment is justified
Rewrite vs Refactor
Systematically evaluate whether to rewrite, refactor, or leave a system alone — with risk modeling and hybrid strategies
Build vs Buy Matrix
Framework for make-or-buy decisions with weighted criteria analysis
Architecture Maturity Assessment
Evaluate your architecture practices against industry standards
Architecture Calculator
Estimate system capacity, scaling requirements, and resource needs
Microservices Dependency Mapper
Visualize and analyze service dependencies and communication patterns
Database Migration Risk Assessor
Evaluate risks and plan database migration strategies
Codebase Health Analyzer
Assess technical debt, code quality, and maintainability
Tech Debt Prioritizer
Prioritize technical debt repayment based on impact and effort
API Contract Designer
Design and document APIs with visual endpoint builder, OpenAPI spec generation, and breaking change detection
System Design Canvas
Architecture diagramming with drag-and-drop components, connections, cost estimation, and export to PNG/SVG
☁️Cloud & Infrastructure
Tools for cloud cost optimization, infrastructure planning, and DevOps.
Cloud Cost Estimator
Estimate cloud infrastructure costs across AWS, Azure, and GCP
Kubernetes Cost Optimizer
Analyze and optimize Kubernetes cluster costs and resource allocation
CI/CD Maturity Grader
Assess your continuous integration and deployment practices
Business Continuity Planner
Create and assess disaster recovery and business continuity plans
Connectivity Tester
Browser-based network diagnostics: latency, packet loss, and bandwidth testing
Cloud Outage Tracker
Track major cloud outages from 2020 to present with RCA analysis
API Rate Limit Planner
Design rate limiting strategies for APIs with quota calculations
👥Team & Organization
Tools for team scaling, organizational design, and people management.
CTO-CEO Alignment Framework
Diagnose and improve CTO-CEO alignment across decision boundaries, communication, strategy, and conflict resolution
Decision Velocity Framework
Diagnose decision friction, classify decisions by type, and build delegation models that reduce bottlenecks
Engineering vs Product Tension
Diagnose whether engineering-product tension is productive or destructive and build better collaboration models
Engineering Org Designer
Model team structures, reporting lines, and organizational patterns
Team Scaling Calculator
Plan engineering team growth based on product and business needs
Headcount Forecasting
Project future staffing needs based on growth and attrition
Salary Band Calculator
Create competitive compensation bands for engineering roles
CTO Compensation Benchmark
Research-backed salary and total compensation benchmarks for CTOs and tech executives by company stage, size, and geography
Interview Question Bank
Curated interview questions for engineering roles by level and focus
On-Call Rotation Optimizer
Design fair and sustainable on-call schedules for your team
Engineering Ladder Builder
Design career frameworks with IC and management tracks, competency matrices, and progression criteria
Team Topology Designer
Design team structures based on Team Topologies with stream-aligned, platform, enabling, and complicated-subsystem teams
1:1 Meeting Assistant
Run effective 1:1s with structured templates, AI-suggested talking points, and action item tracking
🔧Operations & SRE
Tools for incident management, SRE practices, and operational excellence.
Split Cause (RCA)
Graph-based root cause analysis with Bayesian inference
Command Center
Track and assess your technology landscape, manage tech debt, incidents, risks, SLOs, migrations, and team capacity.
Incident Postmortem
Structure blameless postmortems with action items and learnings
Incident Response Planner
Create and maintain incident response runbooks and procedures
Incident Severity Classifier
Consistently classify incident severity based on impact criteria
SLA Generator
Create service level agreements with appropriate targets and terms
Experimentation Framework
Assess experimentation maturity, design experiments with statistical rigor, and build a culture of validated learning
Engineering Metrics Dashboard
Track DORA metrics and engineering team performance
📊Planning & Finance
Tools for budgeting, ROI calculations, and strategic planning.
SEO Command Center
Comprehensive SEO analysis suite: on-page checker, rank tracker, content planner, and full site auditor.
Foundry
AI-powered business plan generator: idea to lean canvas to comprehensive plan
Wardley Map Builder
Strategic value chain mapping for technology decisions and evolution
Board Presentation Generator
Generate executive-ready board presentations with KPIs, risks, investments, and roadmaps
Tool Pathways
Discover which CTO tools to use at each business phase — visual tech tree for Product, Engineering, and Compliance
AI Adoption Strategy
Assess AI maturity, evaluate use cases, model costs, and build governance — the complete AI strategy for engineering orgs
Technical Strategy Under Uncertainty
Make technology decisions when the business future is unclear — with optionality, reversibility, and betting frameworks
Engineering ROI Calculator
Calculate return on investment for engineering initiatives
RFP Generator
Create comprehensive RFPs for technology vendor selection
Architecture Scenario Planner
Model different architecture scenarios and compare trade-offs
CTO Rating Framework
Self-assessment tool for CTO skills and development areas
Sprint Capacity Planner
Plan sprint capacity with team availability and velocity tracking
💻Tech Stack & Code Quality
Make informed technology decisions and manage technical debt.
Technology Tree
AoE-style progression maps for engineering maturity, career growth, and project planning. Visualise your path from ad-hoc to elite across infrastructure, security, testing, and more.
Technology Due Diligence
Guided 5-part assessment combining codebase health, architecture maturity, security, vendor risk, and tech debt into a comprehensive report
Tech Radar Builder
Track technology adoption decisions with a visual tech radar — categorize as Adopt, Trial, Assess, or Hold
Tech Stack Decision
AI-powered tech recommendations with 200+ technologies and ADR generator
Tech Debt Paydown Simulator
Simulate tech debt paydown strategies and visualize long-term impact
Additional Resources
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Quick-check calculators — use them online or embed on your site
Four free interactive calculators — DORA performance, engineering team size, cost of downtime, and CTO compensation. Run them on the widgets page, or grab a one-line iframe snippet to embed on your blog, status page, or internal wiki.