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Get More Value From Every Dollar

True productivity isn't output volume. It's value per dollar spent. You can ship a lot of features and still waste resources if those features don't matter. We help you focus effort on the work that creates real business value.

Path to Agility® Definition

Increase the business value realized while maintaining or reducing costs.

25%
of a developer's day is spent actually writing code
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Why This Matters

80%of software features are rarely or never used by customers

Four out of five features you build don't matter to users. If you ship 10 features, 8 of them were a waste of time and money, effort that could have gone to things customers actually want.

Source: Standish Group Research
25%of a developer's day is spent actually writing code

Developers spend only one-quarter of their time coding. The other 75% goes to meetings, context-switching, waiting for others, searching for information, and dealing with interruptions.

Source: Developer productivity studies
60%of engineering effort goes to maintaining existing code, not building new features

Technical debt consumes 60% of developer time, maintaining, debugging, and working around legacy code. That's capacity you're paying for but not getting value from.

Source: Stripe Developer Coefficient

Most productivity problems aren't about effort. They're about focus and waste. Teams work hard on features that don't matter. Work sits in queues instead of flowing. Context switching fragments attention. Adding people doesn't help because the bottleneck is the system, not capacity.

True productivity requires asking: is this work creating business value? If not, why are we doing it? We often find that stopping low-value work increases productivity more than optimizing high-value work.

Sound Familiar?

If you're experiencing these symptoms, you're not alone, and we can help.

You ship features, but metrics don't move, value isn't landing

Teams are busy but delivery is slow, effort isn't converting to output

Work sits in queues longer than it takes to actually do

You keep hiring but velocity doesn't increase proportionally

Context switching is constant, people juggle too many things

More time in meetings and coordination than doing actual work

How We Fix It

Productivity improves when you focus on value and eliminate waste. We help you do fewer things that matter more.

01

Focus on Value

Not all work is equal. We help you identify which work actually drives business outcomes and ruthlessly prioritize. Saying no to low-value work is a productivity multiplier.

You get: Prioritization framework based on business value
02

Eliminate Waste

We map where time actually goes and systematically remove waste: unnecessary meetings, waiting in queues, rework, context switching. Stop doing things that don't add value.

You get: Visible waste reduction with measurable time savings
03

Improve Flow

We restructure work to flow continuously. Limit work in progress, eliminate handoffs, break down batch sizes. When work flows, productivity naturally increases.

You get: Smoother work flow with less waiting and friction

What Changes

When you focus on value and eliminate waste:

Value per dollar increases

Same budget, more impact. You're not doing more work. You're doing more valuable work.

"We saved the company over $5 million in the first two months." - Marty Garza, VP Air Operations Technology, Southwest Airlines

Capacity unlocks

Eliminating waste frees up time without adding headcount. You discover capacity you didn't know you had.

"Before working with Agile Velocity we never finished a sprint. We are now completing sprints consistently and pulling in additional work." - Mitratech

Focus improves

Less multitasking means less stress, fewer mistakes, and better work. Focus is a productivity multiplier.

Outcomes improve

When you work on the right things, business metrics move. Value lands with customers.

"40% improvement in new product introduction investment utilization." - Qualitrol, through focused prioritization and value-driven delivery

Ready to Get More Value?

Let's talk about where your productivity is leaking and how to fix it. 30 minutes, no pitch.

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