SERVICES

Independent technical diagnostic & fractional CTO

Your software or project has stopped moving? An independent, fixed-price diagnostic tells you what is really blocking you — and where to start.

Buggy releases, a provider gone silent, a team with no technical direction: when software stops moving, nobody inside can say why — or unblock it. I establish what is blocking you, what it costs to fix, and where to start.

The diagnostic is the product: no rebuild and no development days to sell behind it. And it is carried end to end by the same person — me. Thirteen years in the trade, former software architect at Infopro Digital, Odoo in production from v8 to v19.

Book a scoping call30 MINUTES — NO OBLIGATION
DIAGNOSTIC
€4,000 EXCL. VAT — FIXED PRICE
FINDINGS
2 WEEKS
RETAINER
FROM €2,000 / MONTH
ENGAGEMENT
100% REMOTE — FRANCE-WIDE
SECTION 01WHERE TO START

The two diagnostics

A clear scope, a fixed price, a decision at the end. This is where every engagement starts.

INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL DIAGNOSTICFINDINGS IN 2 WEEKS

€4,000 excl. VAT

What is really blocking you — in the code, the team, and the delivery —, what it costs to fix, and where to start.

DELIVERABLE

A decision document a CEO can read: keep, rewrite, or take back control — with costs and sequencing. The technical report as an appendix.

[See the diagnostic in detail]
ODOO RESCUE DIAGNOSTICFINDINGS IN 3 WEEKS

€5,000 excl. VAT

Has your Odoo become a tangled mess? Custom modules, migration path, your integrator's methods: an independent assessment.

DELIVERABLE

The same decision document, Odoo-specific: what to keep, what to standardize, how to migrate — and with whom.

[See the details]
SECTION 02ORDER OF OPERATIONS

Diagnose before you rebuild

Rebuilding without knowing what is blocking you usually reproduces the problem — with somebody else. Here, the diagnostic is the product: I sell no rebuild and no development days behind it. It may well conclude that your current provider is the right one.

RISK
REBUILD WITH A NEW PROVIDER

Without understanding what is blocking you, the problem reproduces itself with the new provider.

INDEPENDENT DIAGNOSTIC FIRST

A documented decision — which may conclude that your current provider is the right one.

TIMELINE
REBUILD WITH A NEW PROVIDER

Months before you see a delivery again.

INDEPENDENT DIAGNOSTIC FIRST

2 weeks.

COST
REBUILD WITH A NEW PROVIDER

Tens of thousands of euros, committed before understanding.

INDEPENDENT DIAGNOSTIC FIRST

€4,000 excl. VAT, fixed and announced.

SECTION 03THE POSSIBLE NEXT STEP

Monthly retainers

After the diagnostic, a monthly retainer can take over — a possible next step, never an obligation. Always the same person.

TECHNICAL ADVISORY01

€2,000 / month

AVAILABLE

Regular senior oversight of your decisions, your roadmap, and your team — the natural follow-on to the diagnostic.

  • Async availability for your technical questions and trade-offs
  • A monthly session with the CEO
  • Regular review of the architecture and the roadmap
  • Follow-up on the diagnostic's recommendations
Indicative envelope: about 2 days per month.[Book a scoping call]
FRACTIONAL CTO02

€4,000 / month

FULLY BOOKED — NEXT AVAILABILITY FEBRUARY 2027

Technical leadership of your product, over time: a well-led team, clear priorities, delivery moving again.

Everything in Technical advisory, plus:
  • Technical leadership of the product and ownership of the roadmap
  • Team management and skills development
  • Delivery methods: continuous integration, quality, reviews
  • Help with technical hiring
TRANSITION CTO03

€7,500 / month

FULLY BOOKED — NEXT AVAILABILITY FEBRUARY 2027

For critical phases: taking back control of a delivery, a rebuild, a handover — a close, hands-on presence.

Everything in Fractional CTO, plus:
  • Strong operational involvement, several days a week
  • Direct work on the architecture and the code
  • An organized handover: the goal is to make you autonomous

To secure a slot for February 2027, write to me now: describe your situation via the form

SECTION 04SECONDARY OFFER

Level up your team

Code reviews, working methods, adoption of AI tooling: I work with your developers, in your context — in real engagements, not in theory.

À la carte or as a recurring engagement, in French or in English, always remote. It is also what I do daily in my retainers: the diagnostic says what to fix, the reviews install how.

SECTION 05NEXT STEP

How we start

  1. SCOPING CALL01

    30 minutes on a video call. We check together whether a diagnostic makes sense — no obligation.

  2. DIAGNOSTIC02

    2 weeks. I read the code, talk to the team, and examine the delivery pipeline.

  3. DEBRIEF & DECISION03

    A decision document, presented live. The monthly retainer is a possible next step, not an obligation.

Everything starts with a 30-minute scoping call — the calendar is online.

Book a scoping call

Let’s discuss your software

Book a 30-minute scoping call, with no obligation.

About Basaltbytes

Basaltbytes is the fractional-CTO practice of Philippe L'ATTENTION: an independent, fixed-price technical diagnostic to take back control of your software.