Complex Modernization, Delivered at AI Speed
Overview
ImagineX introduced a Claude Code harness tailored to the client's delivery environment, enabling spec-driven development, automated code review, synchronization with the client's delivery tooling, and continuous codebase health auditing with evidence-grade citations. Engineers and subject matter experts kept ownership of architectural and judgment calls, while the harness handled research, drafting, and documentation. The result: 115 story points of complex modernization delivered in weeks.
Problem
Knowledge is distributed across sources: design artifacts, tickets, and institutional knowledge spread across several systems, each authoritative in its own way.
Ambitious delivery goals: a substantial scope of work targeted for a compressed timeline to support broader program milestones.
Rich domain depth: a mature platform with decades of embedded business logic, where precision and context matter as much as speed
Solution
ImagineX used an AI-augmented delivery approach, embedding domain-aware agents across discovery, design, implementation, and testing to accelerate modernization. These tailored AI skills understood the client’s architecture and standards, helping map APIs, validate designs against code, and generate security findings directly in delivery tools. Engineers stayed in control of all decisions while AI accelerated research, documentation, and analysis. The result was 115 story points delivered in just a few weeks without compromising quality or compliance.
Outcome
115 story points delivered in a single iteration by the AI-augmented workstream alone, more than a full team's typical output.
~40% lift in overall program velocity (from 88 to 123 story points per iteration), driven entirely by the AI-enabled delivery model.
Higher throughput without compromising quality: architectural, security, and compliance standards maintained throughout.
Repeatable AI-augmented delivery pattern now proven on a complex, mission-critical modernization program.
More output per engineer: AI-augmented delivery meaningfully increased individual and team productivity on complex domain work.
Services
Agile Delivery & Transformation
Technologies Used
Claude (Anthropic)
Claude Code
Custom AI skills & sub-agents
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Azure DevOps
Git/Bitbucket
CI/CD pipelines
TypeScript
REST APIs
Microservices
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
OWASP/CWE scanning
Automated test generation
Agile/Scrum.
