Cloud security platform (same engagement, anonymized)
Analytics Platform Modernization: 377 Legacy Objects to 51 dbt Models in 45 Days
377 legacy objects to 51 automated models in 45 days — 606% Year 1 ROI, 86% complexity reduction, 24–48× faster deployments.
Same engagement as the $84M revenue validation — one body of work, two operations measured separately.
- Year 1 ROI
- 606%
- Year 1 ROI
- complexity reduction
- 86%
- complexity reduction
- faster deployments, hard 45-day deadline hit
- 24–48×
- faster deployments, hard 45-day deadline hit
The starting point
The same platform’s BI layer had grown to 377 legacy objects — overlapping, undocumented, slow to change. Deployments took so long that the analytics could not keep pace with the business. And there was a hard deadline: 45 days.
The method
We collapsed the legacy estate into a clean dbt architecture: 51 tested, documented, automated models replacing 377 objects. Migration ran in parallel with validation against the rebuilt revenue figures, so trust was never suspended during the transition.
The result
86% complexity reduction, 24–48× faster deployments, and 0.002% revenue variance carried through the new platform — reconciled to the dollar. Delivered inside the 45-day deadline, with 606% Year 1 ROI.
“The migration delivered exceptional results: 606% Year 1 ROI, 90% faster dashboards, and 0.002% variance on revenue calculations — 2,500× better than industry standard. What used to take 8-16 hours quarterly now runs automatically. The engineering rigor and speed of delivery exceeded expectations. Most importantly, we now have board-ready financial analytics we can trust.”
Client identity protected. The figures are the client’s own — stated by its Finance leadership.