Fixed-scope legacy platform assessments for technology leaders who need the truth, not a proposal.
Most organisations facing a struggling legacy platform already know something is wrong. Delivery is slow. Bug rates are high. Good developers leave. The roadmap keeps slipping.
And every conversation about fixing it somehow ends with a proposal to spend more money with the people who built it.
"The failure usually isn't the decision itself. It's that the decision was made without a complete, honest picture of what was actually there. That's a solvable problem — but it requires someone with no stake in the next contract."
A fixed-scope, fixed-fee engagement. Two to three weeks. One clear deliverable: an honest, executive-ready assessment of your platform's health, your team's realistic capacity, and the decision landscape in front of you.
What's there, how severe it is, and what it's actually costing you in delivery velocity and operational risk. Prioritised and honest.
What your team can genuinely deliver, as distinct from what the plan assumes. These numbers are usually different, and the gap matters.
Keep current, rewrite, or hybrid — presented as options with real tradeoffs, not recommendations with a price tag attached.
The specific questions your leadership team needs to answer, with the information required to answer them properly.
I've spent over 25 years in technology — as a developer, solutions architect, delivery manager, programme manager, consultant, and technical product manager. I've been on every side of these conversations.
A pure technologist will tell you what's wrong with the code. A pure strategist will tell you what the business needs. What most organisations actually need is someone who can translate between the two honestly — and who has no interest in selling you what comes next.
The assessment is the engagement. Nothing to upsell. That's what makes an honest picture possible.
Developer, architect, delivery, consulting, product — I've held all these roles. I understand what each layer isn't saying.
Written for the decision-maker, not the technical team. Clear, honest, and actionable.
You know exactly what you're getting and what it costs before we start.
You're a CTO, VP Engineering, or CEO facing a genuine decision about a struggling platform — and you want an honest, complete picture before you make it.
This isn't right if you're looking for a vendor to recommend a solution, a consultant to staff an implementation, or a report that validates a decision already made.
I'm not the right fit for any of those — and I'll say so before we start if that's what I'm hearing.
A thirty-minute call is enough to establish whether a Platform Health Review would be useful, and what a realistic scope looks like for your situation.
peter@votisky.com