Resources
Short briefings to help you read a proposal, restore control of a vendor relationship, or judge whether fractional CTO support is the right level of help. They are not full articles. Each one points to the corresponding English service page.
Practical notes
Use these notes to prepare a decision. If the situation is already committing budget, vendors or a hiring choice, the linked page explains how Mahthildis can intervene.
A proposal can look structured while leaving the real delivery, acceptance criteria and ongoing costs implicit. Before you sign, ask what will be visible at the end of each stage, how it will be accepted, what is excluded, and who owns the system after go-live. If those answers are still verbal, the document is not yet a decision tool.
Losing control is often a framing problem rather than a personality conflict. Restore a short list of decisions: what is delivered, what is missing, what has changed, and what must be validated next. A tighter steering rhythm — open points, named owners, short deadlines — usually protects the relationship better than a late confrontation.
Hiring a full-time CTO is not always the first useful move. When the need is senior arbitration, roadmap clarity and vendor steering rather than a permanent organisation, a fractional CTO can hold the trajectory without hiring too early. The format is useful while the real level of need is still being tested.
