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The ZTG Compass Program.
A Digital Maturity Assessment of the whole organization, through three lenses, ending in the Compass Report.
Before a board commits to a platform, an AI program or a security overhaul, it should know where the organization actually stands. The Compass Program is that reading: engineering, AI and cybersecurity examined together by the engineers who would have to build on what they find, tested against one workflow you care about, and written up as action items rather than observations.
THREE LENSES ◆ YOUR FOCUS AREAS ◆ ONE WORKFLOW TESTED ◆ THE COMPASS REPORT
COMPASS REPORTDIGITAL MATURITY ASSESSMENTWhere you stand, and what to do first.ENGINEERINGAICYBERSECURITYPREPARED FORYOUR ORGANIZATIONYOURS TO KEEP
The three lenses
One organization, read three ways.
The systems you run and how they are built, delivered and kept: architecture, technical debt, integration seams, the delivery practice, and what the estate can and cannot carry.
Readiness, honestly measured: the data and whether it can be trusted, the workflows that should run themselves, the governance that has to exist before anything scales, and where AI would and would not earn its keep.
Posture and controls against the obligations you actually carry, HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR, fiduciary or sovereign, and the perimeter decisions an AI program or a new platform would force.
You choose the focus. Go broad across all three, or narrow the program to AI, to DevOps and delivery, to cybersecurity, or to the combination your decision depends on. The scope you choose sets the cost.
How it runs
Four movements, one report.
What the board needs to decide, which lenses matter to it, and the one priority workflow the assessment will be tested against.
Interviews, systems, data, delivery and security practice, examined by senior engineers rather than assessors.
The findings run against a real workflow end to end, so the report rests on what happened, not on what might.
Findings by lens, maturity by focus area, the workflow test, and action items in order: stop, fix, build, govern.
The deliverable
The Compass Report.
Written for two readers at once: a board that needs to decide, and an engineering team that needs to start. It is yours to keep, and it stands on its own whether or not ZTG builds anything that follows.
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
What this covers
- Digital Maturity Assessment across engineering, AI and cybersecurity, or the lenses you choose
- Focus areas set by you: AI readiness, DevOps and delivery, cybersecurity, data foundations, or broad
- One priority workflow of your choosing, tested end to end against the findings
- The Compass Report: findings by lens, maturity by area, the workflow test, action items in order
- A readout to leadership and, where wanted, to the board
- A path into Discovery for any action item that becomes a project
Common questions
How is the Compass Program different from Discovery?
Discovery is project-specific: the first stage of building something, ending in the Discovery Plan for it. The Compass Program is organization-wide: where you stand across engineering, AI and cybersecurity, and what to do first. The Compass Report can produce the brief that Discovery then takes on.
How long does it take?
It depends on the scope: the number of lenses, the focus areas, and the size of the estate. ZTG sets the schedule with you once the decision you are facing and the workflow to test are framed.
What does it cost?
The cost varies with the scope you choose. A program narrowed to one lens and one focus area is priced differently from a broad assessment of a large estate. ZTG does not quote before understanding the organization, and it will say so if the program is not the right instrument for your question.
Who sees the findings?
You decide. The report is written for leadership and can be read to the board. It belongs to the organization, and ZTG holds everything it learns under the NDA signed before the program begins.
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