The Technology Consulting Radar
A weekly analysis of the Spanish technology market: M&A, trends and senior team moves.
More than 100 editions published every Tuesday since 2024
Explore the RadarIT Assessment
In six weeks, you will know where your technology function stands, what to address first and when adopting AI makes sense
An independent technology maturity assessment across six dimensions, for technology leaders who need to make decisions based on evidence, not intuition.
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The assessment positions each dimension on the scale. The scores will be those of your organisation; what is shown here is the framework, not a result.
The business is moving faster than your technology function
It is not that technology is missing. The symptoms are visible, but the underlying causes — and their order of urgency — are not always clear:
- Reactive processes: firefighting instead of anticipating.
- Fragmented decisions, with no shared criteria between Technology and the rest of the organisation.
- Knowledge that depends on key individuals rather than the organisation.
Is this the right time?
- A strategic initiative requires Technology to rise to the challenge.
- A regulatory change means you need to demonstrate control.
- An integration or acquisition puts your current architecture to the test.
- Pressure to adopt AI means you need to know whether your foundations can support it.
What you gain
A complete view of your technology function and a sequence of interventions you can defend before the executive committee — not an opinion, but a structured assessment across six dimensions, supported by interview evidence.
Independence
The report belongs to you
Everything we find and recommend belongs to you from day one. You can execute the roadmap with us, with another provider or with your own internal team — the value of the assessment does not depend on who implements it afterwards.
This is not a new promise for us. It is the same principle we apply at Academia del CIO, where sponsors neither choose the guests nor review the content before publication.
What we assess
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Governance
Is it clear who decides what, and according to which criteria?
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Architecture
Can your current architecture support what comes next?
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Operations
Do you operate through repeatable methods or heroic effort?
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Development
Do you deliver quality at a predictable pace?
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Knowledge
Does your knowledge reside within the organisation or only in people's heads?
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Talent
Do you have the capabilities required for what comes next?
Each dimension is scored from 1 to 5.
How we do it
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Phase 1: Discovery
Weeks 1–2
Your organisation's context and the scope of the assessment.
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Phase 2: Assessment
Weeks 2–4
Interviews and scoring across the six dimensions — evidence, not impressions.
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Phase 3: Intervention plan
Weeks 4–5
Priorities you can defend before the executive committee.
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Phase 4: Roadmap
Weeks 5–6
Sequenced quick wins and initiatives, including AI where appropriate.
What you receive
- An assessment by dimension, scored from 1 to 5.
- A map of strengths and gaps.
- A prioritised 0–3 month and 3–12 month plan.
- A sequenced AI roadmap — each use case is introduced when its foundations are ready.
What you will be able to decide
With this report, you will be able to decide where to intervene, in what order and over which timeframe — and support that decision with something more robust than personal judgement alone.
A real case
A financial institution asked us to identify the best AI opportunities within its technology operations. The assessment revealed low-maturity foundations: undocumented processes, no metrics and a strong dependence on individual knowledge.
- We paused the use cases
Technology was not the first problem to solve.
- We reordered the priorities
Processes, governance and knowledge came first.
- We sequenced AI
Each use case is introduced when its foundations are ready.
Introducing AI on top of that foundation would have amplified the existing disorder.
Who leads the assessment
The six-dimension framework is led by Eugenio Ramírez, founder of Xpecializa.
It draws on seven years of close observation of the Spanish technology market, including the weekly Radar, and regular conversations with CIOs from major organisations through Academia del CIO.
Academia del CIO
Unscripted conversations with CIOs and technology leaders about the challenges facing
the technology function.
Explore Academia del CIO Frequently asked questions
Will this eventually become a sales pitch for your services?
No. The report and roadmap belong to you from day one, regardless of who implements them. There is no obligation or discount linked to hiring us afterwards.
Is six weeks realistic?
Yes, based on the four phases described above: two weeks of discovery, two weeks of assessment, and two weeks divided between the intervention plan and the roadmap.
What if I already know what the problem is?
The value of the Assessment is not necessarily discovering an unfamiliar problem. It is being able to prioritise it and defend that priority with structured evidence, rather than personal judgement alone.
Scope and investment
The scope and investment are tailored to your organisation — we discuss both in the first conversation.
Let's start with a conversation, not a contract
Thirty minutes to understand your context. We are not looking to close anything in that first conversation.
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