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Relay: Delivering a School Finance Platform MVP Twice as Fast

Relay is a financial and accounting platform for educational institutions. Innovify deployed a dedicated engineering team to accelerate its MVP, improving the UI/UX, clearing blockers and keeping releases dependable.
Case Study

Client Overview

Relay is a financial and accounting platform designed to help educational institutions manage budgets, simplify reporting and streamline financial operations. It removes the complexity of school finance management through intuitive design and structured workflows. Relay needed a dependable engineering team to accelerate its MVP without compromising product quality.

Client:
Relay
Country:
United Kingdom
Platforms:
Web / SaaS
Industry:
FinTech / Education Finance

Challenge

Relay needed to deliver its MVP to a strict timeline. The platform required UI/UX improvements, new feature development, removal of blockers and rapid completion of change requests.

Traditional hiring cycles were too slow. Internal teams were stretched across multiple priorities, risking delays and fragmented delivery. A high-velocity, fully accountable engineering team was essential.

The challenge was to accelerate development while maintaining product quality, strengthening the UI/UX and keeping requirements, design and engineering working smoothly together.

Client Review

Their responsiveness and quality delivery were second to noneInnovify successfully delivered the project on time and to the client's requirements. The team was highly responsive and contributed positively to the development process. They also demonstrated exceptional project management and offered feasible and valuable solutions to any challenge that arose.

Executive, Relay Apps Ltd
Executive, Relay Apps Ltd

Key Objectives

  • Speed up MVP delivery without sacrificing quality
  • Enhance UI/UX to improve user journeys
  • Remove technical blockers quickly
  • Manage and deliver change requests efficiently
  • Establish a scalable, dedicated engineering team
  • Create clear roadmaps and defined delivery milestones

Solution

A fully dedicated engineering team took ownership of Relay's engineering roadmap.

  • A vetted team of developers, UX specialists, product managers, DevOps engineers and QA experts was assembled for end-to-end delivery
  • Rapid onboarding let the team pick up existing tasks without slowing progress
  • UI/UX enhancements refined user journeys for financial reporting
  • Change-request processes were streamlined for fast turnaround on new requirements
  • Roadmaps and milestones were defined for predictable, transparent execution
  • Continuous QA kept the product stable, reduced downtime and maintained quality

The team's responsiveness and structured approach accelerated delivery significantly, and added new features not in the initial plan.

Technology Used

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Results

  • MVP delivered twice as fast, ahead of the allotted timeline
  • Enhanced UI/UX and improved product quality
  • Continuous QA support kept downtime low
  • A dedicated team model that supported scalable growth and rapid feature deployment
  • Strong client satisfaction through proactive communication and reliable delivery

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