Small Team, Big Results: Scaling Development on a Budget
How we tripled development velocity for a budget-conscious client by providing senior developers with PM experience and implementing comprehensive QA processes.
The Challenge
Our client, a growing SaaS platform, was facing a perfect storm of development challenges that were threatening their business growth.
Despite having ambitious feature roadmaps and growing customer demands, they were struggling with:
- Overwhelming feature backlog with a team too small to handle the workload
- Budget constraints limiting their ability to scale the team
- Previous experience with US developers who under-delivered and missed targets
- Basic development process but no quality assurance procedures
- Product instability making it nearly unusable for customers
Client Situation
Team Size
Small internal team, overwhelmed with feature requests
Budget
Limited resources, poor ROI from previous developers
Product State
Unstable, buggy, affecting customer satisfaction
Our Strategic Solution
Senior Developers
One with project management experience
Comprehensive QA Services
Full testing processes and regression protocols
Key Advantage
Senior expertise with PM experience meant immediate impact without on-boarding delays
Our Approach
Rather than simply adding more developers, we provided a targeted solution that addressed both immediate needs and long-term stability:
- Quality Over Quantity:: Two senior developers who could deliver more value than multiple junior developers.
- Built-in Management:: One developer with PM experience to coordinate efforts and maintain project momentum.
- QA Foundation:: Implemented comprehensive testing processes to prevent future issues.
- Budget Efficiency:: Maximum impact within their budget constraints.
Transformative Results
The results demonstrated significant improvements across key metrics.
3x faster
Velocity
2x faster
QA Speed
2 devs
Team Size
Key Achievements
- Tripled development velocity compared to previous team
- Achieved 2x faster QA regression testing
- Transformed unusable product into stable, scalable platform
- Eliminated recurring bugs with comprehensive QA processes
- Established reliable development workflow with PM oversight
If you need Laravel Developers, I couldn't recommend Larastaff enough. Their expertise and commitment have enabled us to streamline operations. Larastaff is a top-notch partner we've increasingly depended on to hit the ground running to deliver high-quality solutions. They have boosted our development cadence and are equally as important as our in-house development staff.
Brian Wojcik
CEO, Inteletech
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