{"product_id":"claude-code-for-ctos-javier-rayon-9798258232779","title":"Claude Code for CTOs: Leading Your Engineering Team into the Agentic Era","description":"\u003cb\u003eYour engineers are already using AI. Now lead the rollout - or watch it happen to you. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUpdated August 2026 \u003c\/b\u003e- Includes Claude 5 family models Opus\/Sonnet\/Fable\u003cp\u003eEvery CTO, VP of Engineering, and tech lead faces the same questions in 2026: How do I introduce Claude Code across my team without breaking workflows? What does it really cost at scale? How do I measure ROI? How do I govern security when an agent reads production code?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTutorials do not answer these questions. Vendor decks do not. \u003cb\u003eClaude Code for CTOs\u003c\/b\u003e does. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the success of \u003ci\u003eClaude Code: Getting Started\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAdvanced Claude Code Tips\u003c\/i\u003e, the author brings together in this book all the experience gained as Chief AI Officer at Sesame HR, where he leads a product and engineering team of more than 100 people. Sesame HR is one a fast-growing scale-ups, recognized by Chargebee as an AI Pioneer and as one of the companies adopting AI most rapidly across its processes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first complete playbook for adopting AI-powered development in a real engineering organization - \u003cb\u003e22 chapters, 5 appendices, 52,000 words\u003c\/b\u003e distilled from leading the agentic transition of a 50-engineer team across a 4M lines codebase. No hype. Only what works when 50 developers use the same tool the same day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat you will learn: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe adoption playbook: \u003c\/b\u003e pilot, rollout, and scale - from 3 to 100 developers - with checklists and milestones that get buy-in instead of backlash.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe business case with real numbers: \u003c\/b\u003e API vs. Max pricing, break-even points, ROI models your CFO will accept.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe vibecoded-app problem: \u003c\/b\u003e what to do when a non-engineer ships a prototype and the CEO wants it live by Friday.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSecurity, compliance, governance: \u003c\/b\u003e what your CISO needs to approve and the policies that keep auditors off your back.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe harness - your control layer: \u003c\/b\u003e memory, permissions, hooks, isolation. The four layers that turn \"we are experimenting\" into \"we have AI under organizational control.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCLAUDE.md for teams: \u003c\/b\u003e turn one file into organizational memory every agent inherits automatically.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLegacy and brownfield codebases: \u003c\/b\u003e a five-phase framework to audit and modernize the 400,000-line monolith nobody fully understands.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContext management, parallelization, multi-repo workflows\u003c\/b\u003e - run agents concurrently across microservices without losing control.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMetrics that actually matter: \u003c\/b\u003e which numbers predict adoption health and which ones lie.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eInside the book - 22 chapters in two blocks\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlock I - The People Side (Ch. 1-10): \u003c\/b\u003e the half you bring to your leadership meeting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe CTO's Reality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Agentic Shift\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Landscape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Business Case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWork Methodology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnboarding Your Team\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasuring Impact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Vibecoded App Problem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecurity, Compliance, and Governance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScaling Adoption\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlock II - The Technical Side (Ch. 11-22): \u003c\/b\u003e for the CTO who still reads pull requests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Harness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCLAUDE.md\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLegacy Codebases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Projects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContext Management\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParallelization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMulti-Repo Setup\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMulti-Repo Development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeploying Claude Code\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAutomation and Internal Tooling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigning Agentic Products\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe MCP-First Future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlus 5 appendices: \u003c\/b\u003e Adoption Checklist, CLAUDE.md Templates, Tool Comparison Matrix, Glossary, Curated Resources.\u003c\/p\u003eFor you if: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou are a CTO, VP of Engineering, engineering manager, or tech lead - managing 3 engineers or 100.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou want frameworks, not tutorials.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou need decisions that survive your board, CFO, CISO, and most skeptical senior engineer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou prefer opinionated advice with trade-offs explained.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStart leading your team into the agentic era.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Javier Rayon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258232779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"Javier Rayon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50779437596927,"sku":"9798258232779","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/claude-code-for-ctos-javier-rayon-9798258232779","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}