Accelerating Agile Delivery and Product Competitiveness for an Ed Tech SaaS Platform for Class Management

Connective partnered with an established Ed Tech SaaS platform for class management to accelerate agile execution improve engineering quality and deliver a critical competitive feature under a highly aggressive timeline. By embedding as player coaches across development teams Connective helped move the organization from agile theory into consistent practice while increasing delivery confidence and product momentum.

The client had more than fifteen years of success with a strong internal culture and long tenured engineering team. Over time technical debt process gaps and competitive pressure reduced their ability to deliver new features quickly and stay aligned with market expectations.

The organization recognized the need for change and began a large scale agile transformation prior to Connective joining. They needed support moving from training and theory into day to day execution that fit their culture and real world constraints.

At the same time the company faced an aggressive deadline to deliver a new feature required to remain competitive. The teams had never delivered at this pace before and needed to prove that iterative agile delivery could work in practice.

Connective embedded directly into multiple development teams as player coaches rather than external advisors. Our consultants participated fully in planning refinement and delivery to demonstrate how agile practices work when applied to real product work.

A core focus was building trust between product and engineering through shared refinement clear communication and realistic commitment. As trust improved teams became more effective at breaking down large initiatives into achievable increments.

In parallel Connective focused on improving engineering practices above the work including transparency collaboration and development discipline.

Connective helped deliver a critical class management feature within a three to four month window enabling the client to reach market parity and meet time sensitive customer needs.

Additional improvements included:

• Stronger refinement and backlog management practices

• Improved transparency by shifting work discussions into shared team channels

• Increased focus on unit testing and testing philosophy to improve quality and confidence

• Enhanced observability through improved logging practices

• Practical AI strategy recommendations to support future modernization and developer productivity

The platform reflected roughly fifteen years of .NET evolution including legacy .NET 4.8 with ASP.NET alongside early ASP.NET Core. The environment was hosted using Azure virtual machines with a mix of private infrastructure.

The front end combined React modules with Razor based UI patterns integrated into the application. Connective contributed primarily in React while working within the existing architecture and modernization roadmap.

• Delivered a competitive class management feature on a compressed timeline

• Observed early and growing adoption following release

• Improved agile execution by moving from theory into consistent practice

• Increased engineering quality through unit testing and feedback loops

• Improved platform reliability through better observability and logging

• Provided AI enablement guidance to support future scale and modernization