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CTO on Call: When You Need Judgement, Not More Status Meetings
A CTO function is useful when it changes decisions, clarifies architecture, and controls delivery risk. Otherwise it is decorative management.
Organizations usually look for a CTO-on-call arrangement when the product is moving but nobody trustworthy is actually deciding how the technology should evolve. In that situation, more reporting is not the answer. Better judgement is.
What the role should do
- Set architecture direction
- Kill weak ideas early
- Protect delivery from drift
- Translate executive pressure into engineering priorities
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