$540,000 saved in 6 months. A comprehensive overview

He was not actively looking for a new vendor, but was interested in solving internal issues they are facing. It seemed that no matter what industry, product scale or length of time, headcount on the project or organizational structure — every time they are facing the same problems: 1. Technical debt 2. The paradox of irreplaceability 3. Pointless calls 4. Hiring challenges

After conducting the discovery phase, we reached an agreement to adopt a Task Force cooperation model with the client for the initial 6-month period, with the possibility of extending it if it proves to be effective.

+2 Task Force ordered 2 additional Task Forces were ‘ordered’ after 3 months of cooperation, and then 1 new Task Force each quarter during the next financial year. Relief of burden After 3 months the company could finally start laying over the less effective developers that were basically draining the budget. Closing debt Product owners could finally return to the technical debt backlog (that by this time was worth 7 months of work for the entire team). They found out that more than 70% of it was actually featured and still in high demand from the clients, and all those features were sacrificed for the sake of new product requests.