Releases get slower even as the team grows.
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Maksym Lukianov · Head of Engineering at OTAKOYI
I help CTOs and engineering leaders find the systemic cause behind slow delivery, architecture debt, and unclear ownership. I lead the diagnosis personally. When implementation is needed, the OTAKOYI team can carry the change through.
Discuss the Audit
Signals of a system problem
These are not isolated issues when they keep returning
The Audit fits when the team is working hard but the system keeps making change slower.
A local change touches too many modules and people.
Critical decisions stall between roles and meetings.
The design system, ownership model, or onboarding exists on paper but does not reduce chaos.
Engineering Systems Audit
From symptoms to a decision system
A fixed-scope diagnosis for an engineering leader who needs an honest map of causes and a sequence of change—not another generic recommendation list.
Discuss the Audit- For
- CTO, VP Engineering, or Engineering Manager in a product/SaaS team
- Format
- Interviews, artifact review, and a system session with leadership
- Capacity
- Up to 2 Audits per month
What you receive
- System problem map
- Risks and business impact
- Prioritized decisions
- Target engineering system
- 30–90 day change plan
- Leadership-ready presentation
How it works
The diagnosis does not lock you into implementation
1. Diagnosis
I gather the context personally, find the systemic cause, and test it against real artifacts.
2. Decision
Together we set priorities, the target state, and a realistic 30–90 day plan.
3. Implementation
Your team can execute the plan, or you can engage OTAKOYI separately when delivery capacity is needed.
What evidence looks like
From a claim to a verifiable artifact
Illustrative sample · not a client resultBelow is a simplified Problem Map example. It demonstrates the reasoning and deliverable format without client data or fabricated outcomes.
- Initial claim
- “The team ships changes too slowly”
- What we inspect
- Decision wait time, cross-team ownership, module dependencies, and recurring rework points.
Symptom: slow delivery
System cause
Business risk
Priority decision
Start Here
Three articles about system-level decisions
Architecture, design systems, and safe change—not as a technology list, but as a managed engineering system.
Architecture Without Accidents: Recording Decisions
A practical way to turn important architecture decisions into a clear and useful history of the project.
Read →A Design System as a Contract Between Design and Engineering
Why a component library becomes a system only when the team agrees on rules, boundaries, and ownership.
Read →A Safe Next.js Migration Without a Big Bang
How to split a framework upgrade into verifiable steps without turning the migration into a long feature freeze.
Read →Next step
Start with context, not a sales pitch
Describe where the system is slowing the product and what you have already tried to change.
Three to five sentences about the team, the symptom, and its delivery impact are enough.
I reply within one business day.Discuss the Audit
Or email me directly: ml@otakoyi.com