Bernhard S. - (Agile) IT Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer

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Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

Experience

Sep 2024 - Dec 2024

4 months

Agile Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer

Deutsche Post DHL Service-Niederlassung SNL IT, Abteilung P&P 2220 ADM HR

State transitions for the JUP Lite functionality
User stories for login/logout and registration
Quality assurance of the concept on the business side
Preliminary analysis for the transformation from the old PersPlan to DigiPEP
Tools: Signavio, MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Jira, Confluence, Mural, Miro, Conceptboard, MS Teams, MS Outlook, Mattermost

Apr 2023 - Nov 2023

8 months

Agile Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer

Mercedes-Benz AG, ITO/CQ Change-Management Team RCM

Aligning requirements and user stories with product management and external service providers
Updating and reviewing functional concepts
Consolidating information from multiple sources, identifying conflicts and open issues
Data and process modeling (UML, BPMN, business object model)
Functional documentation of the GUI
Writing and updating user stories
Tools: Signavio, MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Jira, Confluence, Mural, Miro, Conceptboard, MS Teams, MS Outlook, Mattermost

May 2022 - Jun 2022

2 months

Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer

REWE Systems

Documenting the current state of the market product information
Creating user stories
Setting up the release plan for the future platform
Contributing to the vision of the future platform
Tools: Conceptboard, Confluence, Jira, MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Jan 2020 - Jun 2020

6 months

Requirements Engineer / Associate Product Owner

etengo (Frankfurt)

Documenting existing legacy systems and process instructions
Developing and structuring new documentation (capturing and documenting the current state)
Reviewing and aligning requirements for completeness and consistency
Analyzing, capturing, and documenting business requirements in the insurance and banking environment
Identifying and consolidating cross-cutting requirements
Developing concepts and IT solutions in collaboration with departments of the legacy systems
Contributing to the new data model, considering historically grown data structures
Developing innovative and customer-oriented solution strategies
Evaluating and identifying the preferred solution strategy regarding cost-effectiveness, resources, and risks
Creating and aligning user stories
Tools: Confluence, Jira, Slack, MS Teams, MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel), Kotlin, Azure

Jul 2018 - Apr 2019

10 months

IT Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer

Daimler Truck Engineering (Questax Heidelberg)

Defining the automated plant distribution of components and product documentation
Specifying the parameter matrix (aggregates, SAA, parts) in the Safira system
Coordinating with production network management, engineering, and production
Developing concepts and IT solutions together with the business unit and development
Documenting existing legacy systems and process instructions, partially re-documenting
Reviewing and aligning requirements for phase 2 for completeness and consistency
Didactic preparation of the concept, taking into account phase 1, legacy systems, and process instructions
Testing the calculation algorithm (Boolean algebra, set theory) for product variants with multiple calculation options (including VBA programming)
Usability concept for the parameter matrix (filters, partial approvals, labels)
Creating wireframes for the user interface
Suggestions for later expansion stages: gradual adoption of all model variants, dynamic rights management, extension of the data model
Tools: Skype, MS Office (Word, Excel), VBA, BCP-Matrix, SAFIRA, EDS/BCS

Summary

Focus areas since 2006: analyses, requirements, processes
independent of industries, vendors, products, and technologies
Preferred roles: IS Business / Process / Requirements Analyst, Product Owner
Activities: Business + Process + Functional Analysis, Modeling, Requirements Engineering, Requirements / Requirement Documents, Impact Analyses, Feasibility and Preliminary Studies, Presales, Proposals, Assessment / Evaluation, Implementation: Estimations, Forecasts, Risk Management, Functional Concepts, High-Level Drafts, Solution Design, Detailed Requirement Specifications, User Stories,
Type: Methodologist, Thinker-Doer, Communicator, Optimizer, Pragmatist (connector between theory and practice)
Strengths: Fair, Self-Starter, Proactive, Priority-Oriented, Goal-Oriented, Flexible, Innovative, Logical-Analytical, Holistic, Coherent, Solution-Oriented, Methodical-Systematic, Meticulous, Transparent, Quick Learner
Focus: Customer Success, Consistency / Coherence, Optimization
Typical environments: Between business and development, client and contractor (both internal and external), E-Business, Information Systems, Custom-Built Applications, Extending software applications, especially custom software
Most common industries: Retail, Passenger Transport (automotive and rail), Finance, Logistics,
Large programs (up to 150 people or 10-15 projects) to small projects (5-10 people)
Many international projects, team members, or contacts, including nearshore and offshore (India), 5 projects abroad (3x Switzerland, 1x Austria, 1x Italy)