Gilbert (Jörn) Huwar
Process Design: Solution Development and Release Management
Experience
Process Design: Solution Development and Release Management
E.ON Digital Services
Workstream lead for analysis and optimisation of the solution development process and Release Process for the newly established organizational structure within E.ON Digital Services.
The goal of this project was to analyse and adopt existing processes after the team of Business Owners transitioned the technical responsibility to E.ON Digital Services. One key aspect was the support of the agile development approach within the engineering teams.
A unified workflow for business requirements and clear communication interfaces was established and documented using Atlassian Jira as the project management tool on both the business and engineering sides.
Dashboards based on "Rich Filters for Jira Dashboards" were created to provide an overview of feature releases and their connection to technical releases (component updates).
Newly designed burnup charts and statistics per release improved the transparency of the overall technical progress at the product level.
Training and Certification
Scrum.org
Re-certified as Scrum Master (PSM Level 1 and Level 2) and Product Owner (PSPO 1)
Release Management / Rollout Coordination
Vorwerk Digital
Adapting Release Management to the requirements of Vorwerk's growing delivery organisation. Transforming the purely technical Release Management tasks into a part of the agile, DevOps delivery organisation.
By adding the requirement of "feature management" into the Release Management role and designing the interfaces, processes and tools, the new, more business focussed "Rollout Management" was defined and maintained. This role builds the bridge between the agile technical teams and the business organisation.
The footprint of the technical Release Management was significantly reduced and the requirements were adapted to modern toolchains and agile, self-responsible DevOps teams.
Government Services Requirements Engineer
Polizei NRW
Requirements engineering / concept paper. Messaging-based communication standard (Enterprise Service Bus) for interoperability of components in the planned IT landscape of the German police administration.
Project Support Service Management
Vorwerk Digital
Service Desk transition for "Kobold" products to an external service provider.
Review and optimisation of the process to create the Service-Management monthly report.
Definition and documentation of the Risk-Management process under consideration of the existing IT-Security risk management.
Support of the introduction of "Service Acceptance Criteria" for new developments in the "Thermomix" area
Agile Transformation of Release Management
Vorwerk Digital
Design, introduction and documentation of a Jira-based Release Management process for the agile development of the "Cookidoo" recipe platform for Vorwerk's Thermomix TM5 and TM6.
Tracking of software releases and infrastructure changes deployed as part of the agile development process (Continuous Delivery) with internationally distributed teams and markets.
Targeting a global OpenShift-based microservice architecture operated on Amazon Web Services (AWS) with multiple environments (productive, integration, test).
Migration of the existing "Polarion"-based Release Management process for legacy components to Jira.
Cloud Computing Training and Certification
Further education and practical training. Migrating the personal online presence to Amazon Web Services (AWS).
May 2018: certified as "AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner"
December 2018: certified as "AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate"
Project Management and Deployment Management
Vodafone Group
Introduction of new services, upgrade- and operations-projects in Vodafone Group's data centre.
Project Management and Application Design
Appseleration GmbH
Technical project management, requirements management and conceptual work for an agile software development project introducing a sales application.
Project Management / Project Office
Deutsche Telekom AG
"Wholesale Application Community" (WAC). Support of the standardisation-chair for HTML 5 based widgets. Support of go-to-market activities, interconnection to a cross-operator-billing API.
Project Management
Vodafone Group
Project management "Environment Strategy". Creation of processes and MS-Sharepoint-based Tools.
Programme Management
Vodafone Group (GSP)
Programme Management "Mobile Applications Programme". Introduction of a Widget Platform and a Widget Runtime Engine for HTML 5 based Widgets.
Project Management
Vodafone Group (GSP)
Agile project management and specification. Development and introduction of Vodafone's "Mobile TV-Player" and "Interactive Mobile TV Player". A mobile client/server solution for interactive streaming media on JME capable devices.
Project Management
Vodafone Group (GSP)
Project management and engineering: "MMS Migration"
Technical Project Management
Vodafone D2 GmbH
Project management and engineering: "Multimedia Messaging Service" (MMS). Introduction of Vodafone's MMS platform. Interfacing with national and international network operators. Introduction of various value-added-services.
Research & Business Development
Materna GmbH
Study-related part-time employment in the area of mobile communications and value-added services.