Have you decided to achieve success by hiring a team of star developers with an expanded list of hard skills? Unfortunately, this may not be enough, especially regarding solutions with an uncertain business model or launched in niches with increased competition. How, then, can you be sure that the audience will likely accept your product? In fact, everything is simple – you only need one more specialist in your team. Below, we will tell you who he is and also outline the main areas of activity of this specialist.
How Can You Guarantee Project Success?
Any business is like a battle; some want to destroy you, and some are on your side. At the same time, even if your “army” has the best fighters with advanced weapons, they still need a qualified commander who will use their strength and knowledge and direct all their combat power in the right direction. In the context of creating digital solutions, this specialist is often the CTO (Chief Technology Officer).
At the same time, finding someone who will coordinate your team in the right direction is not so easy – usually, specialists with CTO skills are in great demand and, therefore, either have a very high rate or are already involved in several projects from which it will be extremely expensive for you to lure them away.
In this case, virtual CTO services are considered a more affordable alternative. This model of cooperation involves hiring a remote expert according to a certain number of hours per day/week/month or upon request when there is a need to select a technology stack for the team, present a solution to stakeholders, conduct training on new tools/technologies, and so on.
The CTO as a service model is available in many outsourcing companies, providing a full range of IT services. At the same time, it is important to be able to choose among these companies the one whose portfolio contains projects from a niche relevant to yours. The fact is that the list of responsibilities for a CTO as service may vary from one project to another: in one case, it will be the provision of top technical expertise; in another, it will be a comparison of business goals with the technology stack; in a third, it will be something else, or all of this together. In this regard, selecting the most suitable expert providing CTO service can be complicated by some CTO skills specific to performing particular communication, business, and technological tasks.
Therefore, before choosing this or that company that will help you fill this vacancy, you must answer the question: “What is CTO in business in your specific case?” Thanks to this, you can form a clear vision of who is best suited for your vacancy, which means your digital partner will get an accurate idea of which of the available talents they have to offer.
Final Thoughts
Now that you already have some idea about the CTO qualifications you need, you can submit a corresponding request to the outsourcing company you like – for example, to us. We will analyze your list of CTO requirements in detail and select from our talent pool the one who best meets them.
