Why CEOs Should Not Be Their Own Platform Testers

<p>There's a pattern that shows up in lending platform implementations more often than it should: the founder or division head starts missing working sessions around week three — not because they stopped caring, but because they're running a business that doesn't pause for a software rollout.</p> <p>This episode explores the <strong>altitude problem</strong> — the hidden cost of asking a CEO to shift between thirty-thousand-foot strategy and ground-level configuration testing multiple times a day. The result? Testing gets deferred, configuration decisions get made without full context, requirements drift, and implementations stall.</p> <p>The fix isn't willpower. It's organizational design: a dedicated implementation owner with deep operational knowledge and protected time — or, for lean organizations, a fractional lending-domain specialist who can externalize the oversight function.</p> <p>📖 <strong>Read the full article:</strong> <a href="https://www.fundingo.com/why-ceos-should-not-be-their-own-platform-testers/">Why CEOs Should Not Be Their Own Platform Testers — Fundingo</a></p> <p><em>Brought to you by <a href="https://www.fundingo.com">Fundingo</a> — Loan Management Software Experts.</em></p>