The project was plagued by a chaotic mix of Kanban and Waterfall methodologies, resulting in unclear priorities, persistent scope creep from senior leadership, and a development team that was both disorganized and demoralized. The project was off-track, and stakeholder confidence was at an all-time low.
Mission was to perform a complete turnaround. Project was needed a predictable and efficient delivery process, realigning all stakeholders on a clear product vision, and rebuilding the team's productivity and morale to get the project back on track.
Implemented Agile Discipline: Immediately replaced the chaotic workflow with a structured Scrum framework. Established and led Scrum ceremonies, including the project's first-ever retrospectives, which unearthed critical impediments.
Forged Stakeholder Alignment: Organized and led a series of workshops with key stakeholders, including C-level executives. This resulted in a clearly defined, prioritized backlog and a formal change management process that eliminated scope creep.
Rebuilt the Team & Processes: Restructured the team for better focus, clarified all roles and responsibilities, and established regular 1-on-1s to address individual concerns. Also overhauled the Jira boards, workflows, and estimation processes to create a transparent and predictable delivery system.
Drove Quality and Velocity: Dedicated an entire sprint to paying down technical debt, implemented a formal branching strategy, and incorporated higher quality standards, which were critical for stabilizing the product.
Delivery velocity increased by over 60%.
Critical bugs were reduced by 90% (from 45 to less than 5 per sprint).
Stakeholder trust was fully restored, leading to a 35% increase in team size to accelerate development.
The project was successfully brought back on track, meeting its redefined goals and demonstrating clear, measurable progress.