Define what your fractional CTO owns and doesn't own before day one. This template covers deliverables, hours per month, team interaction model, and clear success metrics.
Engagement Parameters
- Duration: [3 months / 6 months / ongoing]
- Hours per month: [10 / 20 / 40]
- Reporting to: CEO / COO / Board
- On-call availability: [yes / no / limited]
- Rate: $[X]/hour or $[Y]/month retainer
Core Deliverables
- Quarterly technical roadmap aligned to business OKRs
- Architecture review and documented recommendations
- Monthly engineering team update for leadership
- Security and compliance status report (quarterly)
- Hiring brief for any open engineering roles
Team Interaction Model
- Weekly 1:1 with engineering lead or VP Engineering
- Sprint planning attendance: [required / optional]
- Code review participation: [strategic PRs only / all]
- Incident response involvement: [SEV1 only / all severities]
- Vendor and tooling decision authority: [advisory / approval required]
Out of Scope
- Daily code contributions (unless explicitly agreed)
- Managing sprint tasks or Jira tickets
- Recruiting and interview scheduling
- DevOps and infrastructure toil
- Direct customer support
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