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Azure DevOps

From bottlenecks to autonomy: Excellence’s DevOps transformation

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About the client:

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Excellence is a leading investment firm in Israel, providing securities trading, portfolio management, mutual funds, and additional financial products for private, business, and institutional clients. As part of the Phoenix Group, the company manages assets of around 110 billion ILS and has been a key player in the industry for over two decades.


Client's requirements:

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Before the project began, two different development teams at Excellence were managing their work under a single Azure DevOps project.
This created delays, build queue bottlenecks, and difficulties in coordinating releases.
In addition, the limited number of build agents led to significant waiting times whenever multiple teams were working in parallel.

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​Ycon's solution:
 

Ycon carefully analyzed the existing environment and designed a new structure, splitting the two projects into fully independent workspaces. The migration was executed while preserving the entire code history and related Work Items.

We also:

  • Defined tailored permissions for each team.

  • Built dedicated CI/CD pipelines per project.

  • Expanded the build agent pool and distributed it among four teams to reduce queue waiting times.

As part of the implementation phase, we didn’t just deliver the technical solution—we also conducted training sessions with the development teams. This ensured that the new CI/CD processes were fully adopted and leveraged across the organization, maximizing the value of the new setup.

Client's benefits:

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The project resulted in:

  • Full autonomy for each development team.

  • Significant reduction in build queue waiting times.

  • Faster, more reliable release cycles.

Importantly, the project concluded with comprehensive training, allowing the development teams to confidently operate the new environment. This approach transformed the solution from a one-time technical fix into an organizational standard that continues to deliver long-term value.

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By providing these solutions, we significantly improved the organization’s DevOps operations, ensuring a smooth migration and ongoing efficiency in their development processes.

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