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Monolith-to-Modular Refactor. @monolith-modularization
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What you get
the numbers that matter≈ 2 weeks
signed to first PR
96%
engagements renewed
96%
to your stack & domain
Restructure a monolith backend into clear domain modules — one deployable, explicit boundaries, and a codebase teams can change without fear.
How this operator works
every way of working, already decidedOwns the system, not the ticket
Takes end-to-end ownership of a service or surface. Design, delivery, on-call. And is measured on outcomes, not hours.
Embedded, async-first, instrumented
Works inside your repos, your CI and your rituals. Daily written standups, decisions logged. No status-meeting tax.
Runbooks, canaries, reversible deploys
Every change gated and reversible. Incidents get a timeline and a postmortem; nothing ships without a rollback.
Plugged into your Slack & rituals
Joins standups and retros, reports weekly against the goal. You get an operator, not a queue.
Brings a pre-wired stack or adopts yours
Infrastructure and observability as code by default. No bespoke setup tax to absorb.
Scoped, gated, reversible
Week-1 shadow, week-2 ownership, swap on request inside the trial window. No long-tail handover risk.
Overview
Most monoliths do not need microservices. They need boundaries. This sprint restructures an existing backend into explicit domain modules — each with its own interfaces, data access, and ownership — while the application stays a single deployable. You keep the operational simplicity of one artifact and lose the tangle.
The team maps current coupling, agrees the target seams, and extracts modules incrementally behind a regression safety net — the same phased, strangler-style approach Scrums.com applies across its legacy modernization work. The finish state: a modular monolith in production, with boundaries enforced in CI and documented in architecture decision records.
What's included
Domain boundary mapping
We trace the real coupling in your codebase and agree a target module map with your team — domains, interfaces, and ownership — before any code moves.
Module extraction & enforcement
Modules are extracted one seam at a time, each with explicit interfaces and its own data access. Boundary checks in CI block new cross-module imports.
Regression safety net
Where coverage is thin, we add characterization tests around the seams first, so every extraction is verified against current behavior.
Architecture decision records
Each boundary decision is written down as an ADR — why the seam sits where it does — so the map survives team changes.
How it works
- Scope. Trace the domains and dependency hot spots, and agree the target module map.
- Build. Extract modules one seam at a time, with characterization tests guarding behavior at each step.
- Handover. Production deployment, boundary-enforcement checks in CI, and ADRs handed to your team.
Part of every Delivery Plan
The Monolith-to-Modular Refactor is a menu item on the Scrums.com delivery catalog, available at every plan tier. Add it to your plan backlog and your delivery team schedules it like any other item — scoped, tracked, and reported through the SEOP. See Delivery Plan Tiers.
FAQs
Does this split the application into separate services?
No. The application stays one deployable. The sprint creates module boundaries inside it. If specific domains later justify independent deployment, the Monolith-to-Microservices Migration menu item picks up exactly where this one finishes.
What do we need to provide?
Repository access, a way to run the application and its test suite, and a domain expert available for boundary decisions. If the test suite is weak, the sprint budgets time to build a characterization net first.
What happens after the sprint?
Your team owns the module map. CI checks block cross-boundary imports, so the structure holds as new work lands. Further extractions can be scheduled as follow-on items in your plan backlog.
What's included
in every engagement · no add-onsTrack record
deployments on real systems · anonymized| Sector | System | Outcome | Span | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fintech | payments-core ledger | 99.97% achieved | 14 mo | ● complete |
| Commerce | checkout platform | −38% incident rate | 9 mo | ● complete |
| Health SaaS | data plane | 0 SEV1 in 6 mo | 11 mo | ● active |
| Logistics | routing engine | zero-downtime cutover | 7 mo | ● complete |
| AI infra | inference cluster | p99 −120 ms | 5 mo | ● active |
Works inside your stack
surfaces this operator binds to| Surface | Binding | Direction | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source control | github.com/<org> | reviews + writes | OIDC |
| CI / CD | scm-flow · deploy-service | gates deploys | OIDC |
| Observability | otlp://collector:4317 | metrics + alerts | mTLS |
| Comms | slack://<workspace> | standups, incidents | SSO |
| Secrets | vault://scrums/op/<id> | short-lived creds | SPIFFE |
| On-call | pagerduty://<org> | primary / secondary | API token |
Boundaries
what to deploy insteadScoped to this discipline. For an adjacent capability, compose a second operator into the squad. compose →
Not a fractional advisory engagement. For advisory-only, contact platform@scrums.com.
Deployments
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across 38 organizations
+24 last 30 days · median age 11.4 mo · retention 96%
Pricing
one number · one footnoteAvailable at all Delivery Plan Tiers →
All-in: the operator, delivery manager and replacement guarantee. No recruiter fee, no markup surprises.
Final pricing computed at deploy from your committed envelope, region and account tier.
FAQ
common questionsHow is Monolith-to-Modular Refactor priced?
Pricing is shown to signed-in accounts. Sign in to view the rate; pricing is computed from your engagement scope, region and account tier.
Is Monolith-to-Modular Refactor available now?
Yes. It is published and deployable directly from the Scrums.com catalog.
Can a Monolith-to-Modular Refactor deployment be reversed?
Yes. Deployments are reversible with a one-click swap inside the trial window.
Who provides Monolith-to-Modular Refactor?
Scrums.com, vetted by the Scrums.com platform.
How it compares
vs other delivery| Option | From | Stack | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monolith-to-Modular Refactor · this one | 🔒 Sign in for pricing | delivery · outcome-driven-sprints · modernization | ● available |
| Release Backlog Burn-Down Sprint | 🔒 Sign in for pricing | delivery · outcome-driven-sprints · backlog | ● available |
| Technical Debt Reduction Sprint | 🔒 Sign in for pricing | delivery · outcome-driven-sprints · technical-debt | ● available |
| Critical Application Rescue | 🔒 Sign in for pricing | delivery · outcome-driven-sprints · rescue | ● available |