Project Detail

What Was The Brief?

Savills UK is a global leader in real estate, facilitating residential, commercial, and rural property transactions through their premier digital platform. To maintain their competitive edge, Savills required a technical partner capable of self-managing complex website enhancements and providing robust, ongoing maintenance.

SoftwareSeni was engaged to lead this transition, deploying a dedicated ten-person multidisciplinary team consisting of React developers, Project Managers, and Quality Assurance (QA) specialists. The primary objective was to architect a succession plan that eliminated the risks typically associated with team handovers - such as loss of momentum, communication gaps, and platform unfamiliarity - while delivering a more cost-effective, high-velocity delivery model.

Front-End

Project Manager

Quality Assurance

How Did We Fix It

Identifying the Key Challenges

The Hurdles

Stakeholder Alignment: Identifying key decision-makers and defining clear roles within the new project structure.
Knowledge Transfer: Rapidly achieving code and platform fluency without disrupting existing release cadences.
Process Fragmentation: Bridging communication gaps between the outgoing and incoming teams.

The Solutions

Phased Team Migration: We executed a transition plan across several Sprints, allowing for a structured "shadowing" phase that ensured no loss of institutional knowledge.
Enhanced Communication Infrastructure: By implementing modern channels like Slack, we accelerated information flow, enabling real-time collaboration and faster decision-making.
Robust DevOps & Governance: We introduced new code repository protocols to safeguard deployments during the transition. Simultaneously, we overhauled task management and ticketing systems, moving from legacy processes to a more agile, transparent workflow.