Regional Bank (Midwest)
Agile Transformation Across 6 Technology Teams
The Challenge
A mid-sized regional bank had 6 technology teams operating on waterfall delivery cycles averaging 9 months per release. Competing priorities, unclear ownership, and a backlog of 400+ ungroomed items were stalling a critical core banking modernization program.
Our Approach
We embedded a senior Scrum coach across all 6 teams simultaneously, stood up a lightweight PMO to coordinate cross-team dependencies, and ran a 90-day sprint cadence reset — starting with a full backlog refinement and Product Owner coaching program.
9 mo → 6 wk
Release cycle reduced
6
Teams fully Scrum-certified
40%
Increase in sprint velocity
3
Major releases shipped in Year 1
The transformation wasn't just in our process — it was in how our teams think about delivery. That shift is permanent.