Atlassian Consolidation Boosts Collaboration and Cuts Costs for Zoopla
Increased delivery velocity and lower operational risk
54,000
Cost savings through licence consolidation
100%
Teams able to resume delivery the morning after each migration
THE CHALLENGE
Collaboration across acquired teams
As Zoopla scaled, it faced increasing difficulty integrating newly acquired Agile development teams who were each using their own Jira and Confluence instances.
Key challenges included:
– Multiple Atlassian instances creating silos and duplicating effort
– Poor cross-team visibility and collaboration
– High operational and licence management overhead
– A growing need to unify ways of working without disrupting delivery
Zoopla needed a smooth, low-risk way to consolidate tools and teams while maintaining productivity and enabling shared planning across the group.
THE SOLUTION
Seamless migration. Unified collaboration
Having worked with Zoopla previously, Catapult CX was brought in to design and deliver the migration strategy.
Using a proven approach and in-house automation tools, we:
– Audited all Jira and Confluence instances across the portfolio
– Designed a phased migration plan to move each organisation into Zoopla’s central Atlassian Cloud instance
– Executed migrations one-by-one, preserving project structures and data integrity
– Consolidated Zoopla’s licensing into a single, optimised cloud subscription
The migrations were delivered with minimal disruption and teams were operational the very next day, accessing their stories, boards and workflows in the strategic shared instance.
THE RESULTS
Collaboration up. Costs down
Catapult’s phased, low-disruption migration enabled Zoopla to unify teams and tooling without slowing delivery – boosting collaboration, cutting costs and laying the groundwork for scalable growth.
Results included:
– Improved cross-team collaboration and planning, enabling acquired teams to integrate more effectively
– Minimal downtime, with teams able to resume delivery the morning after each migration
– £54,000 cost savings through licence consolidation and reduced platform overhead
– Increased delivery velocity thanks to unified visibility and better dependency management
– Lower operational risk, due to phased, low-impact migration execution
