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Furkan Karakurt

Business Analyst

Furkan Karakurt
Cologne, Germany

Experience

Mar 2023 - Jul 2023
5 months

Business Analyst

Deutsche Bahn Systel AG

  • Supported the seamless transfer of an existing ServiceNow application to a new environment as part of a migration project.
  • Created detailed user stories to serve as the basis for acceptance and testing.
  • Ensured all requirements were implemented successfully and confirmed the new application's functionality through a structured approach.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to enable smooth project execution and ensure all relevant parties were involved in the migration process.
Sep 2022 - Feb 2023
6 months

Project Manager

Servicezentrum Landentwicklung und Agrarförderung

  • As part of ongoing digitization, the client decided to digitize paper applications and related processes.
  • A custom web application was developed for this purpose.
  • It was crucial to understand the requirements related to municipal guidelines and ministry regulations and to carefully include them in the development process to deliver the web application to users in a compliant and needs-based way.
Nov 2021 - Aug 2022
10 months

Product Owner

Ströer Core GmbH & Co. KG

  • The project was executed with an external team of developers and subject matter experts.
  • The first step was a detailed analysis of management's requirements for decision-making on new advertising locations.
  • Due to the agile methodology, regular meetings and feedback loops with stakeholders were held to ensure the application met specific needs and expectations.
Sep 2017 - Oct 2021
4 years 2 months

Product Owner

Deutsche Bahn AG

  • The project result is a robust and user-friendly web application that helps all stakeholders efficiently manage the process of restoring rail operations after a disruption.
  • Through successful collaboration with stakeholders, surrounding systems, and the development team, a solution was developed that meets the high requirements of the rail context and makes a valuable contribution to the stability and reliability of rail operations.
Jun 2015 - Aug 2017
2 years 3 months

Business Analyst

Deutsche Bahn Cargo AG

  • As part of the project, maintenance processes were identified for optimization and digital solutions were developed to make them more efficient.
  • This was done through close collaboration with maintenance teams during requirements gathering.
  • The developers then implemented the requirements.
  • The new solutions were successfully tested, rolled out, and the teams were trained accordingly.

Skills

  • Project Management

  • Business Analysis

  • Change & Transformation

  • Business Process Modeling

  • Rollout & Go-live

  • Software Development

  • Public Sector

  • Railway

  • Digital Media

  • Communication: Ms Teams, Slack, Phone

  • Office 365

  • Excel, Word, Onenote, Powerpoint, Onedrive

  • Requirements: Jira, Confluence, Trello

  • Process Design: Celonis, Draw.io

  • Prototyping: Figma, Sketch, Adobe Xd

  • Data Analysis: Power Bi, Qlik Sense, Tableau

  • Project Management

  • Agile Project Management (Scrum And Kanban)

  • Traditional Project Management (Waterfall)

  • Requirements Engineering

  • Gathering And Validating Requirements With Stakeholders

  • Coordinating New Requirements With The Dev Team

  • Acceptance Of Developed Increments

  • Process Management

  • Process Recording (As-is Analysis)

  • Process Design (To-be Analysis)

  • Process Modeling

  • Workshop And Meeting Planning

  • Communication Methods And Techniques (Including Facilitation Techniques And Conflict Management)

  • Ux/ui - Developing Concepts

  • Design Thinking

  • Roi Prediction Reporting

  • Data Analysis And Dashboard Creation

Languages

Arabic
Advanced
German
Advanced
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
Turkish
Advanced

Education

Bachelor of Engineering · Business Informatics

Software Engineering

Bachelor of Science · Mechanical Engineering

Certifications & licenses

ITIL V4 (Bacherlor of Science)

PRINCE2 Software Engineering

Scrum Master (Bachelor of Engineering)

Scrum Product Owner

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Where is Furkan based?

Furkan is based in Cologne, Germany.

What languages does Furkan speak?

Furkan speaks the following languages: Arabic (Advanced), German (Advanced), English (Advanced), French (Advanced), Turkish (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Furkan have?

Furkan has at least 8 years of experience. During this time, Furkan has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 7 months. Note that Furkan may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Furkan be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Furkan would be well-suited for roles such as: Business Analyst, Project Manager, Product Owner.

What is Furkan's latest experience?

Furkan's most recent position is Business Analyst at Deutsche Bahn Systel AG.

What companies has Furkan worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Furkan has worked for Deutsche Bahn Systel AG, Servicezentrum Landentwicklung und Agrarförderung, Ströer Core GmbH & Co. KG, and Deutsche Bahn AG.

Which industries is Furkan most experienced in?

Furkan is most experienced in industries like Transportation and Logistics, Advertising, and Agriculture. Furkan also has some experience in Government and Public Administration.

Which business areas is Furkan most experienced in?

Furkan is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Business Intelligence, and Operations. Furkan also has some experience in Information Technology (IT), Project Management, and Quality Assurance (QA).

Which industries has Furkan worked in recently?

Furkan has recently worked in industries like Transportation and Logistics, Advertising, and Agriculture.

Which business areas has Furkan worked in recently?

Furkan has recently worked in business areas like Product Development, Information Technology (IT), and Project Management.

What is Furkan's education?

Furkan holds a Bachelor in Business Informatics, a Bachelor in Software Engineering and a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering.

Does Furkan have any certificates?

Furkan has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: ITIL V4 (Bacherlor of Science), PRINCE2 Software Engineering, and Scrum Master (Bachelor of Engineering).

What is the availability of Furkan?

Furkan is immediately available for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Furkan?

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