BVDLC Case Studies

Challenge

• Went from serving 1K → 10K families overnight but intake + scheduling collapsed
• Volunteers ran ad-hoc spreadsheets with zero traceability or compliance trail

BVDLC Approach

• Phase 0 locked on the KPI “meals delivered per day” instead of features shipped
• Phase 1 prototypes explored SMS flows + dispatcher dashboards in three days
• Architecture emphasized auditable flows for donors and regulators

Outcome

• Delivery cycle time shrank from 5 days → 12 hours
• Compliance-ready reports auto-generated from the context folder
• Volunteers onboarded in 15 minutes using handover docs

Artifacts to copy

• Phase 0 template for social-impact KPIs
• Context-folder structure for highly regulated nonprofits
• Playbook for combining SMS + dispatcher consoles

Challenge

• Manual matching limited capacity to ~600 students per semester
• Compliance rules (background checks, parental consent) slowed each release

BVDLC Approach

• Phase 0 defined KPI “students matched within 48h” plus strict policy constraints
• Phase 2 architecture documented every decision as ADRs for auditors
• Phase 4 paired engineers with AI prompts to generate matching logic and forms

Outcome

• Matching capacity doubled (1,200 students) with the same headcount
• Audit package creation dropped from 3 weeks → 3 days
• Stakeholders traced every rule back to context folders

Artifacts to copy

• ADR template referencing policy sections
• Phase 3 acceptance criteria mapping user stories to compliance tests
• Monitoring dashboards focused on equity + turnaround time

Challenge

• 18-month roadmap with dozens of teams; AI prototypes created shadow systems
• Execs demanded proof that AI reduced cycle time without increasing risk

BVDLC Approach

• Phases 0-1 ran as a 30-day pilot focused on “photo triage”
• Context folder served as the source of truth for architecture + compliance
• Week 3 sprints used AI prompts for code/test generation with human validation

Outcome

• Photo triage live to 10% traffic, then 100% in week 4
• Cycle time dropped 60% and false positives fell via instrumentation
• Sponsors used the results deck template to scale BVDLC to five more teams

Artifacts to copy

• Implementation checklists with AI/human swim lanes
• Deployment runbook covering staged rollouts
• Phase 5 value-tracking worksheet reused by other enterprise teams