Thore Von stürmer

Consultant, Epic Owner

Hamburg, Germany

Experience

May 2022 - Present
3 years 3 months

Consultant, Epic Owner

Telecommunications

  • Leading multiple blueprinting teams across various domains (e.g., Customer Selfcare, Agent Care, API).
  • Responsibility for partner processes via an API gateway in one of Europe’s largest transformation projects.
  • Blueprinting functionalities.
  • Functional and technical definition, concept, and detailed concept of API processes.
  • Design and creation of acceptance test specifications.
  • Technical consulting and conceptualization of component development.
  • Coordination and execution of final acceptance tests before deployment and go-live.

Approach/Methods:

  • Requirements management.
  • BPMN.
  • Lean blueprinting.
  • Stakeholder management in an international project context.
Apr 2021 - May 2022
1 year 2 months

Consultant, Business Analyst

Insurance

  • Functional and technical design of in-/out-collection processes across multiple involved systems.
  • Development and visualization of financial processes.
  • Analysis and consulting in specifying new requirements based on a newly created business model.
  • Implementation of standard software for the subledger of an insurance company.
  • Integration of the roadmap into the SAFe framework.
  • Interface management.
  • Project controlling.
  • Management sparring with stakeholders.
  • Prioritization of new developments and presentation in the QBR.
  • Development of reporting and quality measures.

Approach/Methods:

  • Conducting workshops.
  • Management sparring.
Jan 2020 - Mar 2021
1 year 3 months

Scrum Master, Consultant, Agile Coach

Financial Services

  • Implementation of the SAFe framework in the corporate IT with approx. 100 people.
  • Interface management.
  • Requirements management.
  • Coaching of Product Owners.
  • Founding and initial support of CoPs (Communities of Practice).
  • Establishment of processes and decision structures around the CoPs.
  • Workshops to sharpen the Agile CoP.
  • Facilitation of SAFe ceremonies.
  • Further development and adaptation of the SAFe framework to the client organization.
  • Development of an innovation process.
  • Management sparring with stakeholders.
  • Scrum Master for three development teams.
  • Building an Agile leadership team to improve agility within the company.
  • Development of workshops for introducing and deepening understanding of Scrum and SAFe.

Approach/Methods:

  • BPMN process visualization.
  • Stakeholder management.
  • Close collaboration with internal Product Owners and Scrum Masters.
  • Daily sparring sessions.
Aug 2019 - Dec 2020
5 months

Product Owner, Business Analyst, Coach, Consultant

Financial and Insurance Services Provider

  • Design of a new platform solution.
  • Requirements management, including refinement and change management.
  • Interface management.
  • Coordination with various departments and stakeholders.
  • Creation of user stories.
  • Prioritization of features.

Approach/Methods:

  • Conducting workshops.
  • Stakeholder management.
  • Incident management.
Apr 2019 - May 2020
1 year 2 months

Project Manager, Consultant, Analyst

Manufacturing

  • Project management for the site establishment of an international company in the manufacturing sector.
  • Coordination of funding applications.
  • Time and cost planning.
  • Management of various approval processes.
  • Creation of a ramp-up phase plan in collaboration with responsible parties.

Approach/Methods:

  • Stakeholder management.
  • Continuous adjustment of project planning.
Jan 2018 - Jun 2018
6 months

Business Analyst, Consultant

Pharma

  • Design of a solution for monitoring manufacturing processes.
  • Requirements analysis.
  • Formulation of user stories.
  • Project setup and support of the Product Owner.

Approach/Methods:

  • Workshops with client stakeholders.
  • Development of a product vision and creation of an environmental analysis.
  • Documentation of requirements and processes in Jira and Confluence.
  • Maintenance of the product backlog and refinement.
Oct 2017 - Jun 2018
9 months

Business Analyst, Product Owner, Consultant

Insurance

  • Design of a policy management system for the financial subsidiary of an insurance company.
  • Requirements analysis and management.
  • Refinement and change management.
  • Preparation of master data.
  • Development of end-to-end processes.
  • Interface management.
  • Coordination with business units and stakeholders of the parent company.
  • Technical development of microservices in an SDA environment.
  • Creation of user stories.
  • Prioritization and versioning.
  • Coaching of the client-side Product Owner.

Approach/Methods:

  • Workshops with business unit stakeholders.
  • Development of the product vision and creation of an environmental analysis.
  • Documentation of requirements and processes in Jira and Confluence.
  • Maintenance of the product backlog and refinement.
  • Agile approach following Scrum.
Feb 2017 - Dec 2017
11 months

Business Analyst, Product Owner, Consultant

Retail

  • Design of an app to support retail for increasing customer loyalty.
  • Support in idea development.
  • Requirements analysis and management.
  • Process development with a focus on authentication and payment.
  • Design with regard to GDPR compliance.

Approach/Methods:

  • Client workshops.
  • Development of a detailed concept.
  • Continuous evaluation of development status with the client.
  • Maintenance of the product backlog and refinement.
  • Agile approach following Scrum.
Jun 2016 - Feb 2017
9 months

Business Analyst, Consultant

IT

  • Creation of a market analysis and development of sales strategies and sales fields.
  • Consulting on the spin-off of a project into a new company.

Approach/Methods:

  • Regular workshops.
  • Development of a Business Model Canvas.
Mar 2016 - Jul 2018
2 years 5 months

Business Analyst, Product Owner, Overall Project Manager

Publishing

  • Functional enhancement of news apps as a licensed product for three publishing groups.
  • Product management.
  • Innovation management and development of digitization strategies.
  • Requirements management, including refinement and change management.
  • Interface management.
  • Client support as the main contact within SLAs.
  • Budget planning and project controlling.
  • Consulting regarding GDPR compliance.

Approach/Methods:

  • Cross-client workshops.
  • Regular coordination with clients and other service providers.
  • Continuous creation and adjustment of user stories in Jira.
  • Agile approach.
Feb 2016 - Mar 2018
2 years 2 months

Business Analyst, Consultant, Overall Project Manager

Vocational Education

  • Design of a vocational education platform.
  • Development of digitization strategies for the vocational education sector.
  • Requirements management as well as concept of the overall solution and release planning.
  • Overall project management, including budget planning and project controlling.
  • Consulting on the establishment of a joint venture and support in developing a business plan.
  • Development of a sales strategy.

Approach/Methods:

  • Client workshops.
  • Development of a product vision.
  • Creation of an environmental analysis.
  • Development of the overall concept.
  • Maintenance of the product backlog and refinement.
  • Process analysis and visualization.
  • Project management based on Prince2.
  • Project audit of the development project.
Jun 2015 - Mar 2016
10 months

Consultant, Project Manager

Tourism

  • Consulting an industry association in the cruise sector.
  • Mediation between stakeholders and political institutions.
  • Management of international market research projects.

Approach/Methods:

  • Workshops with various stakeholders.
  • Project management based on Prince2.
  • Development of position papers.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2017 - Jun 2018
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B.A. · Civil Law/Political Science · Germany