The CIO Helm toolkit
Interactive tools that take you from a question to a decision and an executive-ready output. Organised in six categories, so you can start with what you need today.
Badges show what is free and what will be part of Pro or Team. Tools marked "Coming soon" are in the roadmap: ask to be notified and the most requested ones get built first.
Assess
Understand where you stand. Interactive diagnostics and maturity assessments.
AI Readiness Check
28 questions across seven dimensions: readiness index, archetype, peer benchmarks, a 90-day roadmap and a board-ready deck.
Technology & Digital Maturity
Baseline your technology organisation: strategy, architecture, applications, data, cloud, cybersecurity, talent and business partnership.
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IT Operating Model Assessment
Centralised or federated, product or project, global or regional: test your model and decision rights against your strategy.
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IT Financial Maturity
Budgeting, cost transparency, business cases, vendor management, FinOps and value tracking.
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Decide
Prioritise what matters. Prioritisation, investment and decision tools.
AI Use Case Prioritisation
Score opportunities on value, feasibility, data, risk and time to value, and leave with a ranked AI portfolio.
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Technology Investment Prioritisation
Rank your portfolio on strategic fit, value, cost, complexity, risk and dependencies.
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Build vs Buy
A structured decision on differentiation, total cost, speed, capabilities and vendor risk.
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Vendor Evaluation
Weighted scorecards, side-by-side comparison and an executive decision summary.
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Plan
Turn strategy into action. Strategy, roadmap and transformation planning.
CIO 90-Day Plan
For a new role or a transformation: a personalised listen, align and act plan for your first 90 days.
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Technology Strategy Builder
Guided from business context to target state, pillars, investments, operating model, roadmap and KPIs.
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Roadmap Builder
Initiatives, owners, dependencies, timeline and investment, exported as an executive roadmap.
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AI Strategy Builder
Ambition, priorities, use-case portfolio, data, talent, governance and investment in one plan.
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Manage
Run technology like a business. IT finance, budgets, portfolios and value.
IT Budget Benchmark
IT spend as a share of revenue, cost per employee, run vs change, cloud and external spend.
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Business Case Builder
Costs, benefits, risks and timeline turned into ROI, payback and an executive business case.
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Technology Value Tracker
Track investment approved, benefits promised and benefits realised.
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Measure
Demonstrate value. KPIs, scorecards and dashboards.
CIO KPI Library
Financial, operational, transformation, cyber and AI metrics with definitions and targets.
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CIO Dashboard
Different views for the CIO, the CEO, the CFO and the board, from one set of metrics.
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Govern
Create clarity and control. Governance, decision rights and policies.
AI Governance Toolkit
Governance structure, decision rights, usage policy and AI risk review, ready to adapt.
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Technology RACI
Who decides, who delivers and who is consulted, across your technology processes.
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IT Steering Committee Toolkit
Terms of reference, agenda, decision log and reporting pack.