The First 30 Days: Engagement Playbook
Audit before action, a short list of decisions that matter, and a cadence that outlasts the honeymoon.
About this resource
How a fractional CTO engagement should start so it pays for itself in the first month. Covers what to diagnose in week one, the quick wins that build trust fast, and the decision cadence that keeps working long after the first month.
What you'll walk away with
- The fastest way to wreck an engagement is arriving with opinions and rewriting things in week one.
- Name the single biggest constraint out loud — a 20-item plan in week two means you haven't found the real problem.
- Early credibility is bought with one shipped, visible win, not a strategy document.
What's inside
- 01Week 1: listen & audit
- 02The first decisions
- 03Change vs leave alone
- 04A cadence that sticks
WHO THIS IS FOR
Founders starting with a fractional CTO — or fractional CTOs starting a new engagement.
Written by Ganesh Kompella, fractional CTO and CPO. Based on 75+ engagements across healthcare, fintech, and SaaS — these are the frameworks we actually use with clients, not a summary of someone else's.
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