Everyone says it's fine. Nobody has measured it.
Eighty-four questions across twelve areas of the technology function, scored against the same standard for every organisation that answers them. You get a number out of 100, the eight areas behind it, and the four things worth doing first.
One sitting to answer. A baseline you can put in a board pack. Free to run.
Real screens · sample organisation
The problem
Your only view of technology comes from the people who run it.
Boards, insurers, auditors and acquirers have all started asking the same thing, and none of them will accept reassurance from the people being asked about. What they want is a measurement someone else could repeat.
You cannot audit what you cannot see
Almost everything a board knows about technology arrives through the person responsible for it. Not dishonestly. But nobody volunteers the gap they have been meaning to close since March.
Every assessment asks different questions
So two organisations, or the same one a year apart, produce answers that cannot be compared. Without a fixed question set there is no baseline, only a series of opinions with dates on them.
The reassuring answer is usually the vague one
"We have backups" and "we restored from backup last quarter" sound alike in a meeting. One of them is a control. The difference only shows up when you ask precisely.
How it runs
Three steps, and none of them is an engagement.
Someone who knows answers the questions
Eighty-four of them across twelve categories, mostly multiple choice. Usually the technology leader, on their own, without a workshop in the calendar or a spreadsheet to fill in first. Four of the twelve categories set context and are not scored.
The answers are scored the same way for everyone
Sixty-nine scored questions carry fixed weights into eight areas and one number out of 100. The same answers always produce the same score, which is what makes two organisations, or the same one a quarter apart, actually comparable.
You get the picture, and what to do about it
A score with its band, the eight areas underneath it with what is at risk in each, the four things worth doing first, and a report you can hand to a board without rewriting it.
The eight areas that carry a score
Whether the things everyone assumes are written down actually are, and whether anyone has read them since.
Who can reach what, how that is reviewed, and what you would be able to tell a customer on the day it matters.
The risks that are tracked, the ones that are tolerated, and whether the recovery plan has ever been tested.
Whether technology work is pulling towards a stated direction, or absorbing whatever arrives first.
What the estate actually consists of, what it costs, and how much of it one person understands.
Capability, key-person dependency, and whether the team is being kept current or quietly falling behind.
Whether performance is measured against anything, or reported as the absence of complaints.
Contract terms, concentration, and what leaving a supplier would take if you decided to.
What you get
A number, the eight areas behind it, and what to do on Monday.
Everything below is the platform as it renders, with a fictional organisation's answers in it.
One score, and the band it falls in
Out of 100, from At Risk through to Excellent. It is the same scale for every organisation on the platform, which is what lets you benchmark against comparable ones rather than against a feeling.
Eight areas, each opened up
How many answers came back At Risk, how many are opportunities, and how many are strengths worth saying out loud. You can click into any of them and see the individual answers behind the count.
A report you can hand over unedited
Board and investor-ready PDF, short videos explaining why each issue matters in plain language, and an estimate of what closing the gaps is worth in a year.
Somewhere to bring everyone else
Invite your board, your executives and your technology team into the same view, so the argument is about what to do rather than about whose version is right.
Where the score leads
Eighty is the number that means something to other people.
A verified score of 80 or higher earns StackUp Certification. There is no separate audit to book and no second assessment to sit, which means the route to being certified is simply closing the gaps this one already showed you.
Because the scoring never changes, the same answers always produce the same score. That is what makes a re-run a measurement of progress rather than a second opinion.
Who it is for
Anyone who has to answer for technology they do not personally run.
CEOs and boards
An independent read on the function you sign off budget for, in language that does not require you to be technical to follow it.
CTOs and technology leaders
Evidence for the things you have been asking for, and a baseline that shows what moved once you got them.
Investors and acquirers
A structured view of the technology function before the deal progresses, without weeks of advisor coordination.
What it costs
Run your first assessment for nothing
No credit card, no call first. Answer the questions, get the score and the areas behind it. Paid plans add the ongoing tracking, the action planner and the benchmark comparison, and you will know by then whether the picture was worth having.
- Eighty-four questions, answered at your own pace
- A score out of 100 with its band
- The eight scored areas, opened up
- The four priorities worth starting with
- Your results private to your organisation
Questions
The things people ask first
Find out what your technology function actually scores.
Eighty-four questions, one number out of 100, and the four things worth doing first. Free to run.