Case Study: a leading Canadian automotive finance provider achieves faster, automated DevOps delivery with Adaptavist

Leading Canadian Automotive Finance Provider cuts build times to 15–20 minutes with Adaptavist

Adaptavist was engaged by a leading Canadian automotive finance provider to modernize its outdated and manual software development processes. The client faced significant challenges, including an over-reliance on contractors with undocumented institutional knowledge, code stored locally on developers' machines, and a complete lack of automation for testing and deployment. This fragmented tooling and lack of DevOps best practices created substantial operational risk and hindered its growth ambitions.

Adaptavist implemented a comprehensive solution centered on GitLab, which included migrating repositories, building secure CI/CD pipelines, and integrating the tool with Jira for streamlined workflows. This provided the client with full test automation, integrated security scanning, and a centralized version control system. The measurable results were significant, with Adaptavist reducing build times from hours of manual work to just 15-20 minutes of automated processing. This overhaul eliminated knowledge silos, greatly reduced production risks, and increased developer velocity.