Technology Consulting

Technology consulting that ends in a decision you own.

Get an independent read on your architecture, a stack or vendor choice, or a build-or-buy question. We review the evidence, compare the realistic options and hand over a written recommendation your team can act on, with or without us.

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Technology consulting answers one consequential technology question, such as an architecture review, a vendor selection or a build-or-buy decision. The engagement is bounded and ends in a written recommendation with options, risks and reasons that your company keeps.

Best for

Leaders facing a costly technology decision who want a second opinion that is not a vendor’s sales pitch
Teams holding an architecture plan or agency proposal they need checked before committing budget

Consider another approach

An ongoing technology lead for roadmap, hiring and delivery accountability
Planning and pricing a defined build, or team training sessions

Start with the decision, not the technology

Name the decision that needs an answer and the date it has to be made. Typical examples are whether an architecture will carry the next stage of growth, which platform or vendor to pick, or whether to build, buy or repair. The engagement ends when that question has a written answer. If you need someone to keep owning those decisions month after month, that is a Fractional CTO seat. If the direction is set and you need architecture, milestones and a fixed-price offer for a specific build, that is Software Discovery. A session to bring your team up to speed on a technology is a workshop, and rolling out AI across your company is AI Enablement.

The questions this engagement is built for

Each engagement covers one primary question. Related questions can be added when they share the same evidence; otherwise they get their own scope.

Architecture review

Check whether an existing or planned architecture fits the expected load, team size, data ownership and budget. Identify the parts that carry the most risk and what it would take to change them.

Technology and vendor selection

Compare platforms, frameworks, cloud services or agencies against your actual requirements, total cost and exit options. Proposals you already hold are reviewed on their merits.

Build, buy or repair

Weigh custom development against standard software, integration or fixing what you have. Keeping the current system, or doing nothing yet, is a legitimate outcome.

Roadmap and delivery risk

Review a technical roadmap or a delivery plan for unrealistic assumptions, missing dependencies and decisions that are expensive to reverse.

Independent means the answer does not depend on who builds it

Wavect also builds software, so we are explicit about this. The recommendation is written to stand on its own and to be usable by your team or another provider. If the best option is a standard product, your current vendor or not building at all, the report says so. Where Wavect would be a candidate for follow-up work, we state that in the report so you can weigh it. Any follow-up work is quoted separately and is never a condition of the consulting engagement.

Illustrative decision: replace the platform or fix the bottleneck

Illustrative example, not a customer result: a team plans to replace its backend because releases have become slow. The review looks at the release history, the architecture and where changes actually get stuck. It finds that most delays come from one tightly coupled module and a manual deployment step, not from the platform itself. The recommendation compares a full replacement with decoupling that module and automating the deployment, lists the cost drivers and risks of each, and names the evidence that would change the conclusion.

Frame, review, recommend

Scope and fee are agreed in writing before work starts. The duration depends on the question and on how quickly we get access to the people and material involved.

Frame the decision
Agree the question, the options worth comparing, the decision criteria and who accepts the result.
Review the evidence
Read the relevant code, architecture, documentation, proposals and cost data. Interview the people who know the constraints. Run a focused technical check where it answers a specific question.
Recommend and walk through
Receive a written recommendation with the options compared, risks, open assumptions and next steps. We walk through it with the decision-makers and answer follow-up questions.

Bring the decision owner and the material behind it

We need the person who will make the call, the constraints that cannot move (budget, deadline, regulation, existing contracts), and read access to the relevant code or documentation. Vendor proposals, cost figures and earlier decision records help. Access is read-only unless a check needs more and you agree to it. The report and any supporting material belong to your company. If the question is the value or risk of a company you are investing in or acquiring, see Technical Due Diligence.

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Independent assessment in existing work

Cedars documents a scoped technical assessment that paired observations with priorities and recheck criteria. SKD Dresden shows a technology evaluation that ruled out most use cases before anything was built. MyMerch shows outside advice on what to fix first, which led to targeted fixes instead of a rewrite. They demonstrate published scope, not a promise of the same outcome for another decision.

Evidence trail Architecture, requirements, assets and responsibilities organized for review.

Documentation structures, targeted source checks and scoped AI assessment gave Cedars a prioritized basis for technical decisions.

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Multiple Workshops: Education, Technical, Strategy

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~50% Efficiency improvement for the MyMerch team

MyMerch’s team puts the efficiency gain at ~50%. Fewer delivery errors, improved Shopify conversion, no rewrite.

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These are selected projects, not our full portfolio. We have shipped 100+ products since 2018.

Questions before you start

How is this different from a fractional CTO?

A fractional CTO is an ongoing role with decision rights, delivery accountability and a recurring time commitment. Technology consulting is a bounded engagement that answers one question and ends with a report. If the report shows you need ongoing leadership, the Fractional CTO page explains how that role works.

Will you recommend that Wavect builds the solution?

Only if it is the best option for you, and we say so openly when Wavect would be a candidate. The recommendation is written to be usable by your own team or another provider, and buying a standard product or keeping your current setup are valid outcomes.

Can you review a proposal or architecture from another agency?

Yes. We review it against your requirements, budget and risks, and point out unclear scope, missing assumptions and decisions that are expensive to reverse. We agree beforehand how the findings are shared with that agency, if at all.

Do you need access to our source code?

Only when the question depends on it, as an architecture review usually does. Read-only access to the relevant repositories is normally enough. Credentials and confidential data do not belong in the first enquiry.

How is this different from discovery or a workshop?

Software Discovery plans a defined build and ends in a fixed-price build offer. A workshop helps a team learn and align. Technology consulting gives you an independent recommendation on one decision, without a build offer attached.

Scope your technology decision

Describe the decision in front of you, the options on the table and who has to sign it off. A short, non-sensitive outline is enough for the first conversation.