Antje Aumann
Business Analyst, Configuration Manager
Business Analyst, Configuration Manager
Mechanical Engineering, IT Administration
- This project involves implementing the Odoo ERP solution for SMEs, focusing on developing a tailored starter package that enables quick and efficient initial configuration.
- The goal is to offer customers who are new to ERP or migrating from a legacy system to Odoo a package that allows them to start working immediately and greatly eases the transition.
- SME target group analysis; capturing and evaluating customer requirements.
- Designing a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) from a standardized, easily replicable starter configuration and the needed Odoo applications.
- Developing a starter package consisting of a rapid prototype, a compact kickoff workshop, and a handout.
- Piloting and validating the concept with potential customers:
- Customer 1: from e-commerce (+ evaluation of a suitable ERP system)
- Customer 2: from the media sector (+ support for the initial rollout of enterprise software).
- Skills and Tools: ERP Odoo, PMO, Requirement Management, Process Analysis, Target Group Analysis, Configuration Management, Workshops, Change Management, Transformation, AI
Process Manager
Banking, FinTech - Process Governance
- The goal is to capture, advise on, and document the core and support processes of an acquired FinTech startup into a major bank’s process landscape.
- Capturing core processes and documenting them in ARIS.
- Consolidating processes and structures from Signavio to ARIS.
- Advising on developing new structures for process organization and providing decision-making foundations.
- Advising on implementing a new process management portal in ARIS.
- Stakeholder management: workshops, creating up-to-date dashboards and reports.
- Developing and presenting governance processes, advising on necessity and efficiency, capturing requirements.
- Skills and Tools: Process Analysis, Process Modeling, Requirement Management, Stakeholder Management, BPMN, ARIS, Signavio
Business Analyst, PMO
E-Commerce – IT Services / Process Governance
- The task was to advise on standardizing and simplifying processes and services and support their implementation.
- Capturing core and supporting processes in the environment of a multipreneur and its partner network.
- Advising on the necessity and efficiency of existing structures.
- Target group analysis, capturing requirements.
- Consolidating processes and structures.
- Skills and Tools: Process Analysis, Requirement Management, Workshops, Coaching, BPMN, Signavio
Business Analyst, Change Manager
B2B Marketing – Strategy and Administration
- As part of a business expansion, consulting was needed on innovation, process transformation, and change management.
- Analyzing existing internal structures and processes for value creation and efficiency.
- Consulting on future corporate strategy.
- Advising on product development and refocusing customer outreach.
- Skills and Tools: Design Thinking, Workshops, Coaching, Process Analysis, Change Management, BPMN
IT Portfolio Manager / PMO, Business Analyst, Strategic IT Portfolio Manager / PMO, Product Owner, Scrum
IT Services – IT Governance for Corporate Group
The retail group operated in 26 countries and ran a central IT portfolio management.
My role as strategic IT portfolio manager was to invest purposefully and optimize resource usage along with the team. We focused on digitizing wholesale and our own transformation into an agile IT service provider. I reported to the executive board and the CIO.
Preparing decision papers and creating presentations.
Providing transparency with up-to-date dashboards.
Administrative and operational advising of project managers and teams.
Coordinating and validating status reports, documents, and budgets.
Conducting steering committees and cross-functional meetings.
Collaborating closely with IT experts in security, risk, and data management to integrate risks and opportunities into project evaluations.
Skills and Tools for Strategic IT Portfolio Management: Lean Portfolio Management, PPM, Multi-Project Management, PMO, Stakeholder Management, Strategy, Digitization, Workshops, Controlling, Business Cases, Risk Management, Decision Management, Think Cell, CIP, C-Level.
The challenge in “agilizing” strategic IT portfolio management was transforming the PPM process into an agile framework in a hybrid project environment.
Introducing a structured, agile decision-making process.
Making portfolio decisions more data-driven instead of expert-based—in close coordination with experts in security, risk, and data management.
Shortening decision intervals to 3 months instead of 6 or 12.
Tracking success via metrics instead of KPIs (OKR instead of business cases).
Implementing a continuous improvement process as part of supporting change management and lean management.
Communicating with C-Level, the board, and operational levels.
Administrative and operational advising of project managers and teams.
Skills and Tools for “Agilizing”: Lean Portfolio Management, PPM, Multi-Project Management, PMO, Change Management, Business Cases, Controlling, SCRUM, PRINCE2, KPI, Metrics, OKR, CIP, DMS, Explainer Videos, Stakeholder Management.
The goal in expanding the IT portfolio management tool into an agile framework was to extend and adapt the tool I developed according to the agilization of the PPM process. The environment was very heterogeneous, hybrid, cross-business-unit, and constantly changing. The PPM tool had to respond quickly and flexibly and relieve management through automation.
Connecting with peripheral IT governance processes/interfaces.
Integrating corporate controlling, linking business, IT, and operations.
Increasing value through dashboards, refining UX, and adding features.
Communicating with C-Level, coordinating collaboration with cross-sectional companies and internal cross-functional teams.
Skills and Tools for expanding the IT portfolio management tool: SCRUM, (Lean) PPM, PMO, BPMN, Business Case, Metrics, Jira, Low-Code Workflow Platform K2, Visio, Azure DevOps, SAP, EAM, BizDevOps, Stakeholder Management, Change Management, Continuous Improvement Process CIP, DMS, Workshops
Interim IT Portfolio Manager / PMO, Product Owner, Business Analyst, Workflow Consultant
Wholesale & Retail / Group Headquarters – IT Governance / Strategy
My interim role focused on supporting strategic PPM in day-to-day operations.
Administrative and operational advising of project managers and teams.
Providing transparency with up-to-date status reports.
Monitoring project progress and managing dependencies.
Preparing decision papers.
Conducting structured decision-making processes.
Coordinating and validating status reports, documents, and budgets.
Skills and Tools for supporting Strategic IT Portfolio Management: Interim Management, Stakeholder Management, PPM, PMO, Business Analysis, Process Consulting, Controlling, Trello, Jira, Confluence, Think Cell.
When evolving the PPM tool from interim to permanent, after a failed standard software rollout, the interim solution I developed and that worked very well was expanded into the permanent solution.
Aligning with PPM business and peripheral business/IT stakeholders.
Developing a product vision and roadmap, maintaining the product backlog.
Managing implementation.
Customizing workflows on the Low-Code Workflow Platform K2.
Skills and Tools for evolving the PPM tool: PRINCE2, PPM, PM, Business Case, Metrics, KPI, OKR, BPMN, Low-Code Workflow Platform K2, Visio, Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, SAP, EAM, DMS, Stakeholder Management, Requirement Management, Continuous Improvement CIP
IT Project Manager
Wholesale & Retail / Group Headquarters – IT Governance / Strategy
- The task was to lead the professional side and participate in contract negotiations for the rapid implementation of the PPM standard software Planview (SaaS).
- Planning the rapid implementation.
- Developing the proof of concept (MVP) for the rollout.
- Supporting the statement of work (SOW) and supplier negotiation process.
- Negotiations were halted and Planview was not implemented.
- Skills and Tools: PPM, Contract Negotiation, Requirement & Decision Management, Procurement
IT Project Manager, Product Manager, Business Analyst, Workflow Consultant
Wholesale & Retail / Group Headquarters – IT Governance / Strategy
The task in evaluating a new PPM standard software (SaaS) in a corporate environment was to assess a portfolio management solution. The challenge was that a very complex and conflicting requirement landscape met a complex vendor market. I developed a generic decision matrix.
Creating a comprehensive decision matrix that yields an objective result.
Capturing user stories from all roles (across all hierarchy levels and cross-functional teams of an international corporation) and weighting them.
Analyzing 9 software offerings, conducting application tests, exchanging experiences with other companies, and meeting with vendors.
Skills and Tools for evaluation: PPM, PM, Requirement Management, Decision Management, Process Consulting, IT Consulting, EAM, SAP, Confluence, Stakeholder Management.
In designing and implementing a central IT portfolio management tool (interim solution), the newly established IT portfolio management needed a management and decision tool that could be rolled out quickly, was “management-ready,” and could flexibly respond to constantly changing requirements.
Capturing current and target processes of IT PPM.
Designing and implementing it on the low-code platform K2.
The PPM tool was meant to set new standards for modern tools in the company: enjoyable to work with, user interface and usability were highly demanded by the customer and were implemented to full satisfaction.
Skills and Tools for design and implementation: PRINCE2, PM, Process Consulting, UI-UX, BPMN, Low-Code Workflow K2, Visio, Azure DevOps, SAP, EAM, DMS, Requirement Management, Product Management, Design Thinking
Team Lead Change Management, Project Manager, IT Workflow Consultant, Change Agent
IT Services – IT Governance / Internal Processes
When designing a new company-wide IT project management approach, the rigid and tool-heavy ISO-certified enterprise-level project management was replaced by a framework-setting “Project Framework.”
Designing a new project management process based on PRINCE2.
A disruptive approach with very complex and tension-rich requirements gathering.
Leading the change management team.
Skills and Tools for design: PRINCE2, PM, Change Management, Multi-Project Management, PMO, Disruption, Workshops, Process Consulting, Requirement Management.
To support project and program managers in designing and implementing a “digital project folder,” a project management tool was developed, rolled out, and continuously improved.
Designing and implementing a “digital project folder” on the low-code workflow platform K2.
Customizing the workflow on the low-code platform K2.
Consolidating with central governance processes and tools.
Building and leading the key user group.
Maintaining the product backlog.
Participating and mediating in committees and expert groups as a change agent.
Skills and Tools for the “digital project folder”: PRINCE2, PM, PMO, Key User, Design Thinking, Visio, Azure DevOps, Low-Code Workflow Platform K2, HP PPM, SAP, EAM, Stakeholder Management, DMS, Change Management, Requirement Management, Product Management, Workshops.
During the rollout of the new IT project management “Project Framework,” the framework initiated at the enterprise level in the previous project was now rolled out to divisions and departments, and staff were empowered to work with it.
Developing internal specifications and allowable margins within the strategic project framework.
Communicating and integrating with peripheral governance processes.
Collaborating with committees and department heads.
Training and documentation for about 150 employees.
Skills and Tools for rollout: PRINCE2, PM, PMO, Change Management, Multi-Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Workshops, Process Consulting, HP PPM, SAP IM/PS, DMS
Program Management Officer (PMO) in Day-to-Day Operations
IT Services – Project Management
- The focus was holistic multi-project management and continuously optimizing existing management processes.
- Preparing and supporting budget discussions with the executive board.
- Acting as interface and mediator between project managers and corporate controlling.
- Administrative and operational advising of project managers and teams.
- Monitoring project progress and managing dependencies.
- Coordinating and validating status reports, documents, and budgets.
- Creating and operating a project portfolio dashboard for regular reporting to the executive board and stakeholders.
- Leading process optimizations for central IT governance at both division and corporate levels.
- Skills and Tools: PRINCE2, PM, PMO, Multi-Project Management, Stakeholder Management, DMS, Workshops, Process Consulting, Controlling, IT Governance, HP PPM, SAP, Think Cell
IT Project Lead (SAP FI-CO-IM/PS-SD-BW), SAP CO Consultant
IT Services – Business Intelligence & Administration
- Under high time and resource pressure, a legal SAP project was delivered, including a major technical SAP release upgrade.
- Delivered on time and within budget.
- Especially challenging stakeholder management.
- Skills and Tools: PM, SAP Consulting, SAP System Support, Controlling, Audit, IT Governance, Requirement Management, EAM, Stakeholder Management, HP ALM/QC
Team Lead, Release Manager, SAP Consultant FI/CO
Wholesale & Retail / Headquarters + Sales Lines – Finance & Administration
- As the first internationally operating retail group, the company introduced two SAP common templates to consolidate and centrally manage finance and controlling for all countries and sales lines.
- Skills and Tools: SAP FI/CO, Team Leadership, HP PPM, HP ALM/QC, Controlling, Audit, IT Governance, EAM, Stakeholder Management, Release & Demand Management, Incident & Problem Management.
I help large companies make teams effective, processes efficient, and results sustainable. My focus is on holistic process management, managing implementation in the front and back office as a project manager, PMO, and change manager. I really enjoy diving into new topics and projects quickly and bringing stakeholders together for further developments. This breaks down barriers so we not only talk but also implement safely and efficiently. With 20 years of experience as a process and project management consultant and as an accompanying IT manager in DAX companies and in international corporate environments, I’m a competent contact for your projects.
I’m known for strong strategic and conceptual thinking, and a methodical, structured work style. I see the big picture, quickly recognize connections, and communicate between business areas and IT on equal terms. I’m fit and eager to learn—professionally, technically, or personally—there’s no standing still for me.
Diploma in Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Germany
Diploma in Architecture · Architecture · Germany
SAP Signavio® Process Manager & Workflow Accelerator
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SAP Signavio® Process Manager & Workflow Accelerator
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PRINCE2® Project Management
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