Programs
Know where you stand before you build.
Three standing programs for leaders who need the whole picture: an assessment, a technology executive at the table, and transformation led end to end.
ZTG's practices build. Its programs decide what should be built, in what order, and whether the organization is ready for it. Each ends in a document you keep, written by engineers who build and run enterprise systems, and none of them obliges you to build with ZTG afterward.
ASSESS ◆ ADVISE ◆ TRANSFORM ◆ YOURS TO KEEP
The programs
A Digital Maturity Assessment of the whole organization through three lenses, engineering, AI and cybersecurity, tested on the workflow you choose and ending in the Compass Report with action items.
THE PROGRAM →A standing technology executive at your table, at CTO level, digitally and in person: weekly reporting, next-week plans, and counsel to the board on technology, AI and cyber risk.
THE PROGRAM →Transformation led from the roadmap through to adoption: digital and data literacy for leadership and staff, AI adoption with governance, and program leadership that keeps the plan honest.
THE PROGRAM →How they fit
Programs decide. Practices build.
Organization-wide. The question is where you stand and what to do first, across every system, not one project.
Project-specific. Once there is a thing to build, Discovery takes it through six stations and ends in the Discovery Plan.
Custom software, mobile, AI engineering, cybersecurity and the rest, in one of six team configurations.
After launch, a standing team around the systems it keeps, under the same standard.
What you keep
Every program ends on paper.
The Compass Report is the model for all of them: findings a board can read, action items an engineering team can start on, and nothing that depends on hiring ZTG to understand it.
COMPASS REPORTWhere you stand, and what to do first.
A full analysis of the organization through three lenses, read against the workflow that matters most to you, ending in action items your teams can take on Monday.
- Engineering
- Systems, delivery practice, technical debt, integration seams.
- AI
- Readiness, data, workflows that should run themselves, governance.
- Cybersecurity
- Posture, controls, compliance obligations, the perimeter.
One priority workflow, chosen by you, run through the findings end to end.
- What to stop
- What to fix first, and why
- What to build, in what order
- What to govern before scaling
- What to measure, and how often
Common questions
Is a program the same as Discovery?
No. Discovery is the first stage of a specific project and ends in the Discovery Plan for that project. A program looks at the organization: where it stands across engineering, AI and cybersecurity, what to do first, and whether it is ready to build. A Compass Program can come first, with one of its action items then brought into Discovery.
Do we have to build with ZTG afterward?
No. Every program ends in a document you keep and can act on with any team. ZTG resells no products and pushes no platform, so the recommendation can only be the answer to your problem, including options ZTG does not sell.
What does a program cost?
It depends on the scope you choose: the Compass Program is priced by the lenses and focus areas you select and the workflow tested; advisory is a standing arrangement with reserved hours; transformation programs are scoped against the roadmap. ZTG does not quote figures before understanding the organization, and it says so when it is not the right firm for the work.
Who does the work?
Senior engineers and the leadership of the firm, with the three desks behind them. The people who assess are the people who build and run enterprise systems; there is no separate assessment staff.
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