Leadership10 min read
Board Reporting for CTOs: The 4-Quadrant Framework
Most CTO board presentations fail because they speak engineering, not finance.
By Richard Ewing·
Why Board Presentations Fail
You have 15 minutes. The board has 8 other items. And you're about to lose the room with a microservices slide.
The 4-Quadrant Framework
Velocity: Are we shipping fast enough? Quality: Is what we ship reliable? Efficiency: Are we spending wisely? Risk: What could hurt us?
One number per quadrant. One trend arrow. One sentence of context. That's all you need.
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This article expands on ideas from my published work in CIO.com, Built In, Mind the Product, and HackerNoon. View published articles →
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Richard Ewing
The Product Economist — Quantifying engineering economics for technology leaders, PE firms, and boards.