Case Study: Sanofi cuts time to production by 80% with 55 Degrees ActionableAgile Analytics

How Sanofi Cut Time to Production by 80%

Sanofi, a global healthcare company, faced challenges due to its large, traditional structure and "mechanical scrum" processes, which lacked flexibility and resulted in slow product delivery times of about three months. The team, led by Systems Coach Bilal Alawiye, sought to implement a culture of continuous improvement and adopt a product-focused, agile approach. To address these challenges, Sanofi partnered with vendor 55 Degrees and implemented their product, ActionableAgile® Analytics for Jira Cloud.

The solution from 55 Degrees provided Sanofi's teams with real-time flow metrics and probabilistic forecasting capabilities directly within Jira. This enabled a shift in focus from velocity to cycle time, work item age, and throughput, fostering transparency and data-driven problem-solving. The measurable impact was an 80% reduction in time to production, decreasing it from three months to just 12 days. The use of 55 Degrees' tool also helped scale flow metrics across teams and established a new culture of continuous, non-judgmental improvement.

Sanofi

Bilal Alawiye

Software Engineer