CXOsignal

The Problem

How much of your week goes to checking initiatives that are on track — while a really important one is silently going sideways?

You are accountable for ten initiatives. Three are high-profile and strategically critical. Seven are running smoothly — but you still have to attend the meetings, read the decks, and chase the updates to know that.

Meanwhile, the ones that truly need your attention quietly go sideways — because the signal is buried in a status report that nobody flagged.

What CXOsignal Does

Automated "trust but verify" — for every initiative, all the time

CXOsignal deploys as a lightweight plug-in to the project management tools your teams already use. It continuously monitors progress and sends you a signal only when something changes enough to warrant your attention — along with context and options for what to do next.

Think of it as a chief of staff who never sleeps — watching your portfolio around the clock, escalating only what genuinely needs you, and walking in with options already on the table.

Continuously monitors outcomes, work progress, and delivery forecasts across all your initiatives
Sends proactive alerts directly to your device when significant changes occur — projected business impact, ROI, scope, completion forecast, or rate of delivery
Recommends specific corrective actions alongside every alert — with context on why each option works and when to use it. You arrive at the decision already informed, not just notified
Automatically rolls up detailed work-item data to the portfolio level — no manual consolidation, no spreadsheets
Gives stakeholders and board members free viewer access so briefings take minutes, not hours
Single-click access to live dashboards from any alert notification

Beyond the Alert

An alert without a recommendation just moves the problem upstairs.

When a team escalates a problem to you, they have transferred the burden without adding any value. CXOsignal does something different.

The old way — escalation

FROM: project-manager@company.com

Project X is behind schedule

Hi, just wanted to let you know that Project X has slipped. The forecast completion date is now 3 weeks past the target. Wanted to make sure you were aware.

You now own a problem with no context and no options. You have to schedule a meeting to find out what you need to know before you can act.

CXOsignal — informed decision

FROM: digital-assistant@cxosignal.com

Project X has slipped. Here are your options.

The forecast completion date has moved 18 days past target based on the last 3 weeks of velocity. The good news: you have real choices — and the right one depends on your constraints.

Most reliable Reduce scope — defer lower-priority deliverables. Directly reduces remaining work without adding cost or risk.

Faster Remove blockers — approval bottlenecks and rework are draining capacity. Recovery may already exist internally.

Honest Renegotiate the date — if the slip is driven by scope growth outside the team's control, the transparent move is to update stakeholders now.

You arrive at the decision already informed. No meeting required to understand the situation — just to decide.

Products

Three signals. One portfolio view.

Each CXOsignal product answers the questions your leadership team asks most often — automatically, from live data.

Objective & Key Result tracking

Will we achieve our objectives?
What are we building to achieve them?
Will the work be completed on time?
Are we doing the right things?
What is blocking or slowing us down?

Delivery forecast & velocity

Will we meet our target delivery dates?
Has our rate of work completion changed?
How reliable is our forecasting data?
Are scope changes putting dates at risk?

Productivity & delivery health

Is speed and cost of delivery improving?
Are requirements clear and stable?
Are process improvements taking hold?
Is team morale high or has it recently changed?

Objective & Key Result tracking

Will we achieve our objectives?
What are we building to achieve them?
Will the work be completed on time?
Are we doing the right things?
What is blocking or slowing us down?

Delivery forecast & velocity

Will we meet our target delivery dates?
Has our rate of work completion changed?
How reliable is our forecasting data?
Are scope changes putting dates at risk?

Productivity & delivery health

Is speed and cost of delivery improving?
Are requirements clear and stable?
Are process improvements taking hold?
Is team morale high or has it recently changed?

Works Where You Already Work

A plug-in, not a platform

CXOsignal runs as an extension inside the project management tools your teams already use and trust. There is nothing new to procure, no data to migrate, and no parallel system to maintain. Your existing data starts signalling from day one.

Azure DevOps

Jira

Why CXOsignal

Built for leadership. Not for developers.

Every other tool in this space was designed for the people doing the work. CXOsignal was designed for the people accountable for the outcomes.

CXOsignal

Plug-in to tools your teams already own — no new system to procure or stand up
Inexpensive. Unlimited free viewer licenses for stakeholders and board members
Works inside a familiar UI — no training programme, no change management
Designed for leadership — signals surface to the right person at the right level
Proactive alerts with specific, context-aware corrective action recommendations — not just a notification that a problem exists
Frees up executive time by eliminating routine check-ins on initiatives that are on track

The Alternatives

Another expensive enterprise system — plus a team to implement, train, and support it
Designed for developers and project managers, not for C-suite or VP-level leaders
Steep learning curve and a completely separate UI from your existing tools
No proactive alerts — you still have to go looking for problems
No corrective action guidance — you get data but not decisions
No time savings for executives — you still need to attend every review meeting

Try It Free

Up and running in minutes. Paying for itself from day one.

CXOsignal plugs directly into Azure DevOps — nothing to build, no data to migrate, and nothing new for your teams to learn. Most leaders receive their first signal within days of starting.

30-day free trial Minutes to set up No credit card required

1

Install from the ADO Marketplace

Ask your Azure DevOps administrator to find CXOsignal in the ADO Marketplace, install the dashboard extension widget, and grant you a Stakeholder login. That's the only technical step — and it takes less than five minutes.

2

Add CXOsignal to your dashboards

Ask your project leaders or OKR owners to add the CXOsignal widget to an ADO dashboard and fill in the relevant project or OKR information. No new system to learn — it lives inside the tool they already use every day.

3

Tell us what matters to you

Let your project leaders or OKR owners know when you want to be alerted — for example, when a delivery date slips or a Key Result forecast changes. You can even ask CXOsignal to suggest the right signals for your portfolio and leadership style.

4

Relax. CXOsignal takes it from here.

CXOsignal's digital assistant monitors your portfolio continuously — around the clock, across every project and key result — and sends you a targeted alert the moment something needs your attention. No dashboards to check. No meetings to attend just to find out everything is fine.

Start your free trial No commitment. Cancel any time during your 30-day trial.

Your time is too valuable to spend on initiatives that are on track.