Tech complexity index

Identify your tech complexity

This self-assessment tool helps non-technical leaders assess organisational tech complexity to check if investment reflects the need.

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How it works

Three steps in five minutes.

01

Give us your best guess

Provide a rough guess of your tech complexity based on the two sub-measures: organisational complexity and tech usage.

02

Answer 11 questions

Multiple choice: where you are based, six on your organisation and five on your technology. “I don’t know” is a valid answer.

03

Get your results

Your scores, how they compare to your guess and guidance on how much you should be investing in IT management.

Step 1: Your best guess

How complex do you think your technology environment is?

Drag the slider to your guess for each domain.

Organisational context

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This captures how much work is required to deliver your products or services, including complying with regulatory requirements.

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Technology usage

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This captures the sophistication of your technology use and management.

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Step 2: Quiz
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Get your results

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Your result

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Results by component

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Technology usage

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Chaos is not complexity. Complexity is how much there is to run; chaos is how much of it nobody can currently see.

Recommended next steps

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Find out whether your IT is actually working

The IT Check turns this estimate into a board-ready responsibility matrix.

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