Agile Coach, (interim) Scrum Master

• Leading several blueprinting teams (both functionally and in process) across different areas (e.g., Customer Selfcare, Agent Care, API)
• Responsibility for partner processes via an API gateway in one of Europe's largest transformation projects
• Blueprinting of functionalities
• Functional and technical definition, conceptualization, and detailed design of API processes
• Design and creation of acceptance test specifications
• Consulting on and conceptualization of component development
• Coordination and execution of final acceptance tests before go-live

Approach/Methods:

• Requirements Management
• BPMN
• Lean blueprinting
• Stakeholder management in an international project context

• Implementation of the SAFe framework in enterprise IT with about 100 people
• Interface management
• Requirements management
• Coaching of Product Owners
• Founding and initial support of CoPs (Communities of Practice)
• Establishing processes and decision-making structures around the CoPs
• Workshops to refine the 'Agile' CoP
• Facilitation of SAFe ceremonies
• Further development and customization of the SAFe framework for the client organization
• Development of an innovation process
• Management sparring with stakeholders
• Scrum Master for three development teams
• Building an 'Agile Leadership' team to develop agility in the company
• Developing workshops to introduce and deepen the understanding of Scrum/SAFe

Approach/Methods:

• BPMN process visualization
• Stakeholder management
• Close collaboration with internal Product Owners and Scrum Masters, daily sparring sessions

• Project management for the establishment of an international manufacturing company site
• Coordination of funding applications
• Time and cost planning
• Handling various approval processes
• Creating a start-up phase plan in collaboration with the person responsible

Approach/Methods:

• Stakeholder management
• Continuous adjustment of the project plan

• Designing an inventory management system for the financial subsidiary of an insurance company
• Requirements analysis and management
• Refinement & change management
• Preparing master data
• Developing end-to-end processes
• Interface management
• Coordination with various departments/stakeholders of the parent company
• Technical development of microservices in an SDA environment
• Creating user stories
• Prioritization and versioning
• Coaching the client-side Product Owner

Approach/Methods:

• Workshops with different business unit stakeholders
• Developing the product vision & creating an environmental analysis
• Documenting requirements and processes in Jira/Confluence
• Maintaining the product backlog/refinement
• Agile approach using Scrum

• Conducting a market analysis and developing sales strategies and sales channels
• Consulting on spinning off a project into a new company

Approach/Methods:

• Regular workshops
• Creating a Business Model Canvas

• Designing a vocational training platform
• Developing digitization strategies for vocational training
• Requirements management
• Designing the overall solution and release planning
• Overall project management (incl. budget planning/project controlling)
• Advising on the founding of a joint venture including support in developing a business plan
• Developing a sales strategy

Approach/Methods:

• Customer workshops
• Defining a product vision
• Conducting an environment analysis
• Preparing the overall concept
• Maintaining the product backlog/refinement
• Process analysis and visualization
• Project management based on Prince2
• Project audit of the development project