Modern Delivery System
Your Engineering Investment Isn't the Problem. Your Delivery System Is.
You've hired talented engineers. You've adopted agile. You've invested in CI/CD tooling. Yet delivery remains unpredictable, timelines slip, and your teams are burned out from firefighting instead of building.
Schedule AssessmentDelivery Dysfunction in Enterprise Organizations
If any of these sound familiar, you're not alone.
Deployment Theater
Releases require 8-step manual processes and 5 approval gates
Agile Without Outcomes
Teams run ceremonies but can't answer 'Are we delivering faster?'
Metrics Without Meaning
Velocity and story points tracked, but lead time stays at 4 weeks
Improvement Without Accountability
Retrospectives surface issues; no one owns follow-through
Transformation Fatigue
Invested in coaching, scrum masters, tooling. Nothing changed.
The Real Problem
Most transformations change vocabulary, not the operating model
The Gap: Where You Are vs. Elite Performance
Based on DORA research and our assessments of 40+ delivery organizations.
| Metric | Typical State | Elite Performance | Your Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deployment Frequency | Monthly | Weekly/Daily | 4x faster |
| Lead Time for Changes | 2-4 weeks | 4-5 days | 4-5x faster |
| Change Failure Rate | 16-20% | 7-10% | 50% reduction |
| Mean Time to Recovery | 4-8 hours | 1-2 hours | 4x faster |
The 5-Dimension Maturity Model
We assess and improve delivery across five dimensions. Each has a 1-5 maturity scale with specific, measurable criteria.
Requirements Discovery
How you define what to build
Development Practices
Code quality, testing, peer review
Quality Engineering
Automated testing, observability, resilience
Delivery Pipeline
CI/CD automation, deployment process
Operational Excellence
Monitoring, incident response, SRE practices
Operating Model Components
Decision Rights
Who approves requirements? Who prioritizes backlog? Who can deploy?
Workflows
How does work flow from idea to production? What are the handoffs?
Cadence
What is the rhythm of planning, review, and release?
Roles & Responsibilities
Who owns what? What does 'Product Owner' actually do?
Metrics & Accountability
What gets measured? Who reviews it? What happens when metrics decline?
Continuous Improvement
How do you get better over time? Who drives the improvement?
Implementation Phases
Foundation
- Current state assessment
- DORA baseline
- Operating model design
- Quick wins: top 3 bottlenecks
Pipeline & Automation
- CI/CD optimization
- Automated testing strategy
- Feature flags implementation
- Deployment automation
Practices & Enablement
- Team training
- Metrics instrumentation
- Dashboard deployment
- Playbook documentation
Transition & Optimization
- Knowledge transfer
- Documentation handoff
- 30-60-90 check-in cadence
- Improvement mechanism
What You Get
Delivery Operating Model
- Decision rights matrix
- Workflow diagrams
- Cadence calendar
- Escalation paths
Team Structures
- Role definitions
- RACI matrix
- Team topologies assessment
- Cognitive load evaluation
Metrics Dashboards
- Executive dashboard (DORA + health)
- Team dashboards
- Pipeline performance
- Incident trends
Release Management Playbook
- Pre-deployment checklist
- Go/no-go criteria
- Rollback procedures
- Post-deployment validation
Incident Response Playbook
- Severity classification
- Escalation triggers
- Communication templates
- Post-incident review
Modern Delivery Toolkit
- Maturity assessment rubrics
- Operating model templates
- Workshop-in-a-box materials
- Perpetual license
Results You Can Expect
Based on completed engagements across regulated industries.
Business Impact Observed
Accelerated revenue from faster time-to-market
Reduction in production incidents
Improvement in developer satisfaction
Ready to Build a Delivery System That Actually Delivers?
Start with a 3-week Delivery Maturity Assessment. DORA baseline, 5-dimension scorecard, and 90-day roadmap.