The CTO's Playbook for De-Risking Nearshore Engineering
A practical guide for CTOs and CIOs on de-risking nearshore engineering, reducing mis-hires, and scaling distributed teams with control.
Topic
Nearshore Governance
Governance doctrines defining accountability, compliance, decision records, and operational control in nearshore engineering environments.
The problem of AI written IT resumes from Latin America
The solution lies in abandoning static document parsing in favor of probabilistic human capacity spectrum analysis and real-time cognitive simulation.
The Hidden Math Behind Distributed Engineering Failure
Why distributed engineering teams fail at scale and how sequential dependencies collapse velocity security and delivery despite senior talent
Do you own the code or just the repo?
Possessing the files is not the same as understanding the logic; lack of documentation creates a hostage situation.
Is the vendor building hidden debt?
Lack of automated standards allows teams to prioritize feature speed over stability, creating a long-term maintenance burden.
Is the vendor using unapproved software tools?
Remote teams often bypass security protocols to speed up work, introducing unmonitored shadow IT risks into your ecosystem.
Why doesn’t governance prevent operational risk in engineering teams?
A scientific doctrine explaining why governance breaks at scale, how coordination tax creates risk, and how governance as code restores control.