Series A Fintech -- 12-person engineering team
The challenge
The team was shipping features but delivery cycles stretched to 6 weeks. Deadlines were consistently missed, and engineering effort was not translating into business results.
The intervention
Restructured the sprint cadence, eliminated cross-team dependencies blocking releases, and introduced delivery metrics tied to business outcomes.
The outcome
Delivery cycles shortened from 6 weeks to 2 weeks. On-time delivery rate went from ~40% to 85% within 3 months.