Execution
Engineering Team Performance
Better software starts with a better team, not a better tool.
The problem you are facing
Your sprints end with unfinished stories. Production incidents and regressions are piling up. Technical debt grows faster than it shrinks. Your best developers are starting to leave.
Your teams are experimenting with AI on their own: Copilot here, ChatGPT there, without a common method, without measuring the real gains. Legacy documentation is obsolete or non-existent. The quality vs velocity trade-off is never resolved.
You have tried adding tools, changing frameworks, hiring more. But the problem is not technical: it is the way your team specifies, develops, tests and delivers that is the real lever.
My approach: Coach-Craft
I measure before acting. My approach relies on DORA metrics, process observation, and individual interviews to build a factual diagnostic. Then I coach your team on real sprints, not in a training room.
The Coach-Craft method follows 4 steps: demonstration (I show on your real projects), guided practice (pair programming, pedagogical reviews), progressive autonomy (tech leads take over), lasting anchoring (internal champions trained to sustain). The goal is autonomy, not dependency.
Philosophy: "Code is Cattle, Context is King"
AI can generate code faster and cheaper than any human. The value is no longer in the code itself: it is a regenerable derivative. Your true assets are your specifications and your tests. If your specs are precise and your tests complete, you can regenerate your entire codebase on demand.
Specifications
Primary asset. The "what" and the "why". Source of truth.
Tests
Primary asset. The safety net. Guarantees the "how".
Code
Regenerable derivative. An artefact, no longer an asset.
The 4 pain points every CIO knows
Every transformation engagement starts from the same ground realities, validated with dozens of CIOs in finance, insurance and public sector:
1. Understand
"What does this system actually do, in its entirety?" Not a single forgotten connection, function or stored procedure.
2. Document
"How do we capture knowledge before it retires?" No more tribal knowledge walking out the door.
3. Secure
"Where are the vulnerabilities hiding in this legacy?" Every change is a risk as long as the perimeter is not controlled.
4. Evolve
"How do we evolve without breaking everything?" The Onion Model approach: modernise from outside in, layer by layer.
Measured results from real missions
5% → 65%
test coverage
-70%
prod regressions
-96%
lead time (2d → 2h)
-73%
technical debt
Measured progression (6 months)
Results measured on a 6-month technical coaching mission (digital agency, 30 developers).
x4-x5
productivity with SDD
3-5 days
time to first sprint (vs 3-5 weeks)
80%+
target test coverage
Engagement formats
Entry point
Flash diagnostic
Ecosystem mapping, maturity benchmarks, 5-8 concrete recommendations, costed roadmap at 3, 6 and 12 months. The CTO leaves with the arguments to invest.
- 3-5 days (including 1 day on site)
- Deliverable: report + benchmarks + roadmap
- CHF 5,500 - 9,000
Transformation
12-week embedded coaching
Coaching on real sprints. Pair programming, code reviews, SDD, CI/CD, quality gates. Measurable DORA metrics from month 3.
- 12 weeks (3d/wk then 2d/wk)
- CHF 45,000 - 55,000
- KPIs measured: quality, velocity, efficiency
One-off
Culture workshop
3 half-days on a specific topic (code review, incident management, testing, AI for developers). Before/after survey.
- 5-6 days preparation + facilitation
- CHF 9,500 - 11,000
One-off
Leadership offsite
Full day facilitation for the technical leadership team. Vision, priorities, alignment, action plan.
- 3 days (preparation + facilitation)
- CHF 5,500
New
SDLC Assessment
Complete mapping of your development cycle (specifications, design, build, test, deploy, operate). Identification of AI accelerations per stage. Transformation roadmap with priorities and a quick win to build momentum.
- 2-3 weeks
- Deliverable: SDLC roadmap + priority use cases
- CHF 15,000 - 25,000
Full journey (diagnostic + 12-week coaching + workshops + annual offsite): CHF 40,000 - 55,000 in the first year.
Who is it for?
CTO / VP Engineering
Who know their team can do better but cannot identify the concrete levers. Need a factual diagnostic and coaching on real sprints.
Teams adopting AI
Who are experimenting with Copilot or ChatGPT individually and need a common method (SDD) for AI to actually accelerate delivery.
Growing scale-ups
Whose informal processes no longer hold at scale and who need to professionalise their engineering without losing agility.
Post-acquisition / merger
Who need to align technical teams from different cultures, harmonise practices and tools.
Book a conversation
A 30-minute conversation, not a sales pitch. We will discuss your situation and I will tell you honestly whether I can help.