Matthias G. - Requirements Engineer and Test Manager

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Palma, Spain

Experience

Mar 2024 - Present

1 year 8 months

Requirements Engineer and Test Manager

International ICT service provider

Requirements engineering, testing, and application support for a control unit planning software for car manufacturers.

Work packages in requirements engineering, documentation, administration, support, and testing/QA
Moderation of stakeholder workshops, gathering requirements and other information
Gathering information through system archeology and stakeholder interviews
End-to-end requirements engineering
Conceptual work to prepare requirements (UML, tables, etc.)
Definition of acceptance criteria for requirements
Definition of test cases and test steps from acceptance criteria
Test management, review, and documentation
Working with agile methods (user stories, sprints, Kanban) and test management (Zephyr for Jira)

Dec 2023 - Apr 2024

5 months

Business Analyst

European headquarters of a Japanese car manufacturer

Analysis and business case creation for the European used car sector.

Analysis of data flows, business processes, and cost structures in the used car market of European countries
Communication with stakeholders at all levels in a European context
Analysis and preselection of suitable technical partners for the implementation of the use case
Business case creation as a basis for decision-making by the board

Feb 2023 - Dec 2023

11 months

Migration & Change Manager in an agile SAFe environment

Software brand of a global car manufacturer

Rollout of harmonized Jira and Confluence configurations and processes in over 10 solution trains, including data and user migration.

Independent and quick learning of the company-specific agile SAFe configuration
Understanding and mapping existing roles
Routine handling of SAFe artifacts and ceremonies
Close, direct collaboration with the Product Owner
Joint definition and development of SAFe features for PI planning
Clarification of project progress and impediments in the daily scrum
Refinement and prioritization of backlog items and change requests
Development of the roadmap and ensuring adherence to the timeline
Support for cost and resource planning
Creation of presentations for management
Process analysis and optimization
Determining the current state of processes and configurations in Jira and Confluence
Standardization and optimization of processes
Development of a rollout plan for data and user migration
Monitoring the compliance of all process steps, deadlines, and defined migration milestones
Stakeholder management
Stakeholder analysis, management, and ongoing communication with management level, migration candidates, and the development team
Creating communication channels
Early communication and handling of objections with migration critics
Ensuring the operability of all migration candidates
Conducting live trainings and providing training videos
Creating and updating documentation in the onboarding portal
Risk analysis
Identification and evaluation of risks within PI planning
Continuous risk mitigation
Controlling and reporting
Regular project reporting to the PO, PM, solution and cross-solution management, and business owner

Jan 2019 - Dec 2023

5 years

Business Analyst and Project Manager

Clients in technology, telecommunications, e-commerce, social media, and Web 3.0 sectors

Introducing new and optimizing existing processes
Planning and conducting workshops with relevant stakeholders
Designing and implementing projects
Creating and evaluating reports
Building an online shop and introducing logistics and production processes
Advising on topics such as financing/crowdfunding/brand presence

Sep 2018 - Present

7 years 2 months

Business Analyst, Freelancer

Freelancer

Demand management / requirements analysis
Change management
Identifying growth potential and process optimizations
Building new business areas
Applying agile methods (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, epic and user story definition, product backlog maintenance)
Planning and conducting workshops and training
Stakeholder management
IT project management

Feb 2014 - Aug 2018

4 years 7 months

Karlsruhe, Germany

Managing Director and COO

Campusjäger GmbH

HR platform for job seekers and companies.

Development of a scalable business model
Defining and communicating the product vision
Building and leading a team of over 50 employees
Gathering and defining requirements for the in-house developed online marketplace
Coordinating all stakeholders (development team, departments, customers)
Implementing a CRM tool including API interface definitions
Introducing agile structures (Daily Scrum, Lean Startup, OKR management framework)
Establishing and continuously optimizing all operational processes
Creating KPI dashboards using SQL queries
Financial planning and controlling
Building a customer base of 1000+ clients (including EnBW, Lenovo, Stihl, Stadtwerke Karlsruhe, L-Bank)
Project planning and management including communication
Planning and conducting strategy and vision workshops
Facilitating retrospectives
Methodical coaching of teams
Implementing the OKR framework to align the team
Designing reporting for process control
Developing global and employee-specific dashboards (accessing data from the relational database via SQL queries)
Cross-department budget planning