1. Driving innovation 1
- Phil Thomson
CEO, Auror.
“The Build for Speed programme provided us with an
outsider’s perspective on our development processes
and has helped improve the way we work. We are
now more efficient and effective thanks to BFS.”
Build for Speed
Accelerating software development

2. Build For Speed 2
Build for Speed is a Callaghan
Innovation programme designed
to accelerate software development
and speed up project delivery.

3. Build For Speed 3
 Speed: Reduce time to market for new products.
 Software Development: Improve software development processes and architecture.
 ROI: Realise business value and ROI sooner.
 Cost-Effective: Reduce overheads by using test driven design.
 Efficiency: Improve efficiency with automated testing tools and techniques.
 Long Term: Improve long term effectiveness using continuous delivery principles.
What is
Build For Speed?
The intention of the programme is to increase throughput of software teams enabling them to keep up with the changing needs of the
business. The programme focuses on improving software architecture, managing technical debt and accelerating software development
through the application of continuous delivery principles. Build for Speed is split into two phases; Discovery and Deep Dive.
The Discovery process delivers up to 25 hours of provider support over 90 days, for a total cost of $5,000 plus GST.
Callaghan Innovation will co-fund 100% of this cost.
The Deep Dive process delivers up to 50 hours of provider support over 120 days, for a total cost of $10,000 plus GST.
Callaghan Innovation will co-fund 50% of this cost.
The majority of the two phases of the programme are delivered in the first 30 days. The remaining time is for follow up reviews.
Key Deliverables:
Build for Speed will deliver the following outcomes:

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Who should do
Build For Speed?
Businesses who are experiencing or are
expecting technical and capacity challenges
with scaling their business.
The process is suitable for both small and large organisations. The framework is flexible and can be adapted to match
the requirements of a specific organisation.
 Understand what works well and where improvements can be made.
 Embed new practices and skills in the organisation to create long term change.
 Speed up software development and product delivery.
 Improve their cost efficiency and realise a greater ROI– in a shorter timeframe.
 Improve the scalability of their architecture and supporting technical practices.

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Outcomes
Common Issues Build for Speed
Difficulty scaling services to meet growing demand.  Scalable
Architecture

Incremental improvements to fundamental architecture.
Older technology stack slowing down delivery. 
Slowdowns due to organic product growth required to find early market focus.
 FasterSoftware
Product
Evolution

Improvements to fundamental development processes and reduction in
technical debt.
Increasingly expensive to test new market ideas.

Trouble meeting timelines and unpredictable delivery. 
Fewer Delays
and Less
Waste
 Identify technical practices to improve throughput.
Multiple versions of software across client base leading to unsustainable
development and delivery.  
Improved code management processes.
Problems in production. More than 5% of developer time spent fixing bugs. Long
test cycles.  
Test driven design and the use of automation tools. Better system
monitoring.
Codebase that is difficult to maintain and change.  
Identify code smells and learn how to refactor legacy code to make it
easier to change.
Over-reliance on a few individuals leading to higher risk. Difficulty retaining and/
or hiring good people.  Continuous
Learning and
Development

Modernise software delivery practices to attract and retain the best
people and share knowledge and skills.
Need help identifying and implementing high value improvements.  
Build an improvement backlog and introduce sustainable continuous
improvement practices. Regularly prioritise and implement high value
improvements. Review progress.
Difficulties while deploying changes to production. Complicated manual error
prone build/deploy/release process impacting quality and timing of deliverables. 
Continuous
Delivery

Automate infrastructure, deployment and testing with Continuous
Delivery principles and DevOps culture.
Bottlenecks and blockers in development process, with work being ineffective.  More Speed  Smaller batch size for faster flow of value to customers.

6. Build For Speed 6
Process Overview
Engagement Phase
Discovery Process Phase Deep
Dive Phase
Pre-
Engagement
 Assessment 
Engagement
Plan
 Review
Optional Stage II
Complete checklist of
pre-engagement.
Identify areas needing
improvement.
Create a technical
improvements backlog
and report.
Rank on time frames.
Agree metrics.
Select item(s) to be
addressed over 30/90
days.
Evaluate outcomes after
3 month;s and report to
Callaghan Innovation
on qualitative and
quantitative measures of
improvements.
The programme provides in-
house, hands on help, for the
company to address specific
items from the Discovery
Phase.
Discuss  Statement of Works  Agreement  Service provider
Callaghan Innovation and the
business meet to discuss the
value in undertaking the Driving
Innovation process.
Provider to supply a Statement of
Works to the client business. The
client business is to agree and sign
before co-funding agreement can
be approved and signed.
Once agreement has been
reached to proceed a co-funding
Agreement is signed by Callaghan
Innovation and the client business.
Once the Agreement is in place the
appointed Service Provider works
with the Company to engage with
the appropriate staff and thought
leaders within the Company.
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Approach Outcomes Outputs
Time Frame, Cost and
Engagement Resources
1
Pre-
Engagement

Service Provider creates a checklist of
information for the business to provide,
including:
• Code samples.
• Internal assessments.
• Bug rates.
• Causal analysis.
• Documentation.
Provides insights into the business’
current state.
Samples of current activity
for discussion during the
assessment phase.
1 week. Development manager.
1 day of client time. Software developers.
Included in the total $5,000 cost
of the Discovery phase of the
programme.
100% co-funded by Callaghan
Innovation.
2
Assessment

Service provider will conduct a series of
interviews to assess current practices and
outcomes with a “stop-start-continue”
emphasis:
• Technical processes that should continue.
• Log of opportunities for improvement.
• Report on insights.
• Product vision, business and innovation
strategy.
• Work pipeline and team structure.
• Architectural overview.
• System design.
• Build process, branching strategy.
• Code review.
• Quality practices.
• Product development requirements.
• Project management.
Businesses get an understanding
of the level of their skills and
capabilities and areas of focus to
improve throughput.
Create a report of
the opportunities for
improvement and against
each a recommended action
to resolve.
2 weeks. Executive team members
who feed work inputs
to the software delivery
team.
Recognition across the business
that the factors affecting
throughput efficiency are from
across the organisation.
15-30 hours of client time.
Up to 20 hours of provider time.
Head of software delivery
and members of the
software team.
Included in the total $5,000 cost
of the Discovery phase of the
programme.
Programme Details
Discovery Process

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Approach Outcomes Outputs
Time Frame, Cost and
Engagement Resources
3
Engagement
Plan

Identify key opportunities for improvement. Recognition across the business
of how and which decisions affect
performance of the software
delivery team.
Deliver an action plan to
address the “key focus
opportunity” during the
programme.
1 week. Company Sponsor
and Head of Software
Delivery.
Jointly rank and prioritise for maximum
benefit.
The “key focus opportunity” is
addressed during the programme.
An action plan and time-
line to address all the areas
needing improvement as
agreed with the client.
1 hour of client time.
1 hour of provider time.
Callaghan Business
Innovation Advisor.
Create Action Plan covering specific steps
to be taken, outcomes expected, measures
of success, responsibilities and timeframes.
Organisations begin to work
collaboratively in delivering
increases in output.
Included in the total $5,000
cost of the Discovery phase of
the programme.
Customer Manager.
Identify “key focus opportunity.” Businesses are aware of their level
of technical debt.
4
Review

Company and Service Provider to jointly
review the process and the outcomes.
There is an increase in the quality
and delivery cadence of the
software teams.
3 month check in on
the business of progress
against the action plan and
identify any further remedial
assistance required.
1 week. Company Sponsor
and Head of Software
Delivery.
Meet with Callaghan Innovation to report,
evaluate and discuss outcomes.
Increased use of tools i.e.
automated testing, test driven
design.
Up to 2 hours of client time.
Up to 2 hours of provider time.
Discuss and agree next steps. Technical changes underway to
enable business demands for the
ability to scale to be met.
Included in the total $5,000
cost of the Discovery phase of
the programme.
Optional
Stage II

Select one or more of the action items
identified during the discovery phase.
Building in house capability through
transfer of expertise from service
provider
One or several of the action
items is addressed.
6 weeks ( 30 days). Key members of the
technical team.
The service provider will work
collaboratively with the team to help them
address the item selected.
Increase in delivery cadence
of the software team.
Over 40 hours of client time.
Up to 40 hours of provider time.
The 2 & 6 month check
in will be done with
the Callaghan Business
Innovation Advisor and/or
Customer Manager.
$10,000 (50% co-funded by
Callaghan Innovation).
Programme Details
Discovery Process (continued)
Deep Dive Process

9. Build For Speed 9
Content Coach
 Workshops to explore and identify opportunities for improvement.
 Focused coaching to provide advice and training.
Delivery Coach
 Working directly in the business with your team.
 Teaching and embedding new practices.
 Identifying best practice champions.
 On-the-job coaching and support to maximise outcomes.
Support

A Business Innovation Advisor ensures delivery quality is maintained and
delivery milestones are met.

The Business Innovation Advisor connects your business to the Callaghan
Innovation ecosystem.
Support Team
A Callaghan Innovation approved service provider will engage directly with your business. Two coaches will be appointed – for
Content and Delivery coaching respectively. Each programme engagement will be tailored to suit your business and will focus on
addressing areas needing improvement and building and maintaining areas of strength.

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Testimonials
“The Build for Speed programme provided expertise and guidance on the technical
practices we should focus on to improve the quality of our product. Involvement in this
programme gave the team a huge boost and we saw the benefits immediately. The real
gain though, is in the best practice measures that are now embedded in our business.”
Jill Tattersall
CEO,
Kiwa Digital
“The BFS programme helped us nail down areas
for improvement in terms of software development
process. The team was excellent at making rational
suggestions appropriate to us as to which of the
myriad of available tools in the market to use. In our
case the benefits are being realised slowly, but surely.
Now we are confident that our end goal in terms of
development process is sound.”
Bill Sim,
Engineering Manager,
Vigil Monitoring Ltd.
“The Build for Speed
programme was great at
connecting us with people
that could support the
organisational changes we
wanted. It really helped us
kick start the move to an
agile culture.”
Graeme Stretch,
COO,
Healthlink