Overview
A leading global financial institution partnered with Altimetrik to drive a business-led, product-centric Agile transformation at scale, aligning technology, product, and operations around value streams.
Operating within a complex legacy ecosystem and fragmented delivery model, the organization aimed to transition from siloed, project-based execution to a predictable, product centric and value-driven delivery model that could accelerate time-to-market and improve customer responsiveness.
Business Challenge
- Legacy monolithic architecture limiting scalability and slowing innovation.
- Disconnect between business priorities and technology execution.
- Siloed technology, product, and operations teams impacting collaboration and speed.
- Inconsistent Agile adoption with lack of standardized governance and frameworks.
- Limited visibility into delivery metrics, quality, and business outcomes.
Transformation Approach
Altimetrik adopted a context-driven Agile transformation strategy, focused on aligning operating model, ways of working, and delivery execution:
- Assessed current state across delivery, governance, and team structures.
- Defined value streams and aligned teams to business capabilities.
- Transitioned from project-based to product-centric operating model.
- Embedded Agile coaches to drive adoption, mindset shift, and execution discipline.
- Established Lean Portfolio Management for value-based prioritization and governance.
Solution & Enablement
- Lean Portfolio Management:
- End to End traceability for Investment.
- Enabled value-based investment prioritization.
- Enhanced governance and decision-making at the portfolio level.
- Aligned funding with product and value streams.
- Enterprise Agile Transformation & Scale
- Designed and implemented a tailored framework to scale Agile adoption across the enterprise.
- Launched Agile Release Trains (ARTs) aligned to key value streams.
- Established governance models and standardized delivery processes.
- Enabled cross-functional collaboration across Product, Engineering, and Operations for ~11,000 stakeholders.
- Product-Centric Operating Model:
- Transitioned from project-based delivery to product-based structures.
- Enabled value stream alignment across technology and business teams Integrated business stakeholders into delivery lifecycle.
- Agile Coaching & Adoption
- Deployed Agile coaches across teams and leadership layers.
- Standardized ceremonies, metrics, and backlog practices.
- Drove cultural and behavioural change alongside process adoption.
- DevSecOps Enablement:
- Embedded security into CI/CD pipelines.
- Standardized engineering practices to drive consistency and quality.
- Improved deployment frequency and reliability.
- AI-Enabled Agile Delivery
- Enhanced backlog quality through AI-assisted refinement.
- Improved sprint readiness and planning predictability.
- Increased visibility into delivery risks and dependencies.
- Enabled data-driven Agile ceremonies and decision-making.
Business Outcomes
- ~30% improvement in time-to-market, enabling faster and more predictable delivery.
- ~ 33% increase in productivity, driving higher engineering efficiency and throughput.
- ~35% reduction in defects, enhancing product quality and reliability.
- ~80% increase in cross-team collaboration across Product, Technology, and Operations.
- 1000+ teams transitioned to standardized, product-aligned ways of working with consistent ceremonies and metrics.
- 180+ Agile Release Trains (ARTs) established, enabling scalable and coordinated delivery.
