Engagement Model
Velocity Audit
Find what’s slowing you down
A focused 1–2 week assessment of your codebase and delivery system. You’ll get clear bottlenecks, practical fixes, and a roadmap you can act on immediately.
What We Review
Code, process, and team signals — not opinions
We don’t guess. We look for evidence in your repo, CI/CD, workflows, and release history, then validate it with your team.
Codebase & architecture
We review structure, coupling, testability, performance hot spots, and risk areas that slow delivery down.
Delivery workflow
We map how work flows from idea → PR → release, and find friction in planning, reviews, CI/CD, and release practices.
Quality & reliability
We look at testing strategy, incident patterns, observability gaps, and how often changes break in production.
What You Get
Actionable outputs your team can use
You’ll leave with clarity and a plan — not a 60-slide deck.
- Findings summary with clear priorities
- Delivery bottlenecks map (where time is actually going)
- Codebase risk register (top technical risks and why they matter)
- Pragmatic roadmap (2–6 weeks and 6–12 weeks)
- Recommended Pod/team shape and operating model
Typical outcomes
Faster releases
Reduce cycle time by removing the biggest bottlenecks in reviews, CI, and release steps.
Fewer production surprises
Improve test strategy and reliability practices so changes fail less and recover faster.
Clear priorities
A ranked plan your team can execute without debating where to start.
How It Works
A lightweight process with a clear finish line
You’ll know what we’re doing each day, and you’ll get tangible outputs at the end of each step.
Kickoff & goals
Align on outcomes, constraints, and what “better” looks like (release cadence, quality, throughput, cost).
Evidence gathering
We review repos, CI/CD, tickets, and run focused interviews with engineering, product, and stakeholders.
Findings & workshop
We share what we found, validate assumptions, and pressure-test the options with your team.
Roadmap handoff
You get a prioritized plan with recommended sequence, owners, and measurable success metrics.
Where We Focus
Common areas that slow teams down
Every organization is different, but these themes show up repeatedly in teams that feel stuck.
Build & CI reliability
Slow builds, flaky tests, and manual steps that create release bottlenecks.
Delivery predictability
Unclear scope, thrash, and unplanned work that breaks sprint commitments.
Technical debt hotspots
Areas that repeatedly create bugs, slow PRs, or require heroics to ship.
Engineering signals
The minimum metrics you need (and how to measure them) to improve continuously.
Not sure if an audit is right?
We’ll help you choose the best starting point based on your goals and constraints.
Get clarity before you commit
If delivery feels slow or unpredictable, a Velocity Audit is the fastest way to find the real constraints and decide what to do next.
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FAQ
Velocity Audit questions
A few quick answers to help you decide if this is the right starting point.
How long does a Velocity Audit take?
Most audits take 1–2 weeks depending on codebase size and how quickly we can access the right people and systems.
Do you need access to our production environment?
Not usually. We typically need repo access, CI/CD visibility, and incident/release history. If access is restricted, we can work with sanitized exports and guided walkthroughs.
What do we get at the end?
A concise set of findings plus a prioritized roadmap your team can execute. If you want, we can also propose a Pilot Pod plan to implement the highest-impact items.
Is this only for teams planning to outsource?
No. Many teams use the audit as an objective assessment to unblock an internal team, stabilize releases, or clarify where to invest next.
What happens if we want help implementing the roadmap?
You can execute it internally, or we can move into a Pilot Pod to implement the highest-impact work and validate collaboration before scaling.