John Freeman has extensive software development experience, encompassing the full life-cycle. His recent technical focus has been on databases and associated technologies, with some forays into user interface design where needed. He has successfully taken applications to market, and was application architect on a series of projects for State and Federal clients. He has served as chief application architect and collaborated with a team, and has had good success working alone on special projects. He is an agile evangelist and Certified Scrum Master, and has both published and presented on these topics. With Segue, he is making use of his database skills in support of Air Force financial applications, and continues to promote good agile practices.
The modern agile world as described by Kerievsky consists of four overlapping disciplines: Make Users Awesome, Make Safety a Prerequisite, Experiment & Learn Rapidly, and Deliver Value Continuously.
As the Project Manager for an agile software development project, the Scrum master is the backbone of the development team.
There are a number of challenges non-Agile organizations face when attempting to adopt Agile development practices and the Scrum methodology.