What this is

A focused engagement to evolve your system architecture and ways of working so teams can deliver changes quickly, safely, and predictably—without a risky “big bang” rewrite.

Who this is for

• Growing teams feeling slowdown from coupling, unclear ownership, or fragile releases
• Leaders who want faster change with less risk, not just a new stack
• Orgs that need to reduce rework and shorten time from idea → production

What we do (tailored to your context)

• System boundaries & ownership: clarify seams, define health SLOs, reduce cross-team dependency knots
• Delivery safety: strengthen CI/CD, test posture, and deployment strategies that support frequent releases
• Observability & feedback: make it easy to see what’s happening in production and act quickly
• Flow visibility: align intake → build → test → release → observe so teams can steer with data, not react with urgency

Deliverables

• Architecture sketch & ownership map showing clear seams and team responsibilities
• Risk & dependency list with practical ways to decouple or sequence work
• 30/60/90 improvement plan with 3–5 prioritized changes and owners
• Guardrails & standards (lightweight, enforceable) for code, reviews, testing, and releases
• Scorecard for predictability and safety (lead time, throughput, WIP, change failure rate, MTTR)

Timeline options

• 2 weeks (lightweight) — assessment, quick wins, and an initial 30/60/90
• 4 weeks (standard) — deeper hands-on changes, pairing with teams, and guardrails in place
• 6 weeks (extended) — multiple teams, observable improvements, and measurable outcomes

Sample 4-week outline

• Week 1: discovery (systems & flow), mapping boundaries, quick-win safety fixes
• Week 2: pairing on a real change; improve CI/CD and test posture where it slows you most
• Week 3: ownership map & guardrails; introduce simple scorecard; demonstrate faster, safer change
• Week 4: handoff: 30/60/90 plan, risks, and how to maintain momentum

How we’ll work together

• Hands-on when it helps: I’ll pair with engineers ~25% of the time to remove real friction
• Transparent, incremental: small, reversible steps you can keep after I’m gone
• Data-backed: forecast windows using cycle-time percentiles; measure delivery safety over time

FAQs

Do you recommend a rewrite?
Only when the cost of incremental change is clearly higher than the risk of replacement. Most wins come from clarifying boundaries and improving delivery safety.

Do you mandate tools or cloud providers?
No. We work with what you have and choose principles that fit your context.

How do we measure success?
Shorter lead times, steadier throughput, fewer failed changes, faster recovery—and teams report less “release drama.”