Infrastructure & Codebase Modernization

Situation

A major enterprise application required coordinated upgrades across its codebase and the web, application, database, and supporting infrastructure layers.

Challenge

Manage tightly coupled upgrades, evolving codebases, distributed contributors, ongoing limited feature delivery, and a fixed June delivery target.

Michael’s role

Served as Scrum Master, project/delivery lead, and primary technical decision-maker, coordinating a globally distributed team.

Approach

• Built an integrated plan across servers, framework versions, database layers, infrastructure, and release work.
• Used the reusable core framework as a proving ground for the upgrade path.
• Managed dependencies, sprint execution, codebase merges, risk, and cross-regional coordination.
• Aligned technical decisions, stakeholder communication, release planning, and production readiness.