Sven Hummel
Process Architect (Symbio, Signavio)
Experience
Process Architect (Symbio, Signavio)
IT service provider for an international premium car manufacturer
- Analyzing, aligning, and modeling business processes (BPMN 2.0) for the 'The New Retail' program in the areas of 'Invoicing', 'Tax', 'Customs', and 'Accounting'
- Tracking user stories and their impact on processes
- Point of contact for preparing the tool migration from Symbio to Signavio for the stated areas
- Power user after the Signavio rollout, point of contact and coach for the other process modelers
Program Test Manager (contractor)
IT service provider for an international Düsseldorf-based insurance group
- Designing the program test strategy
- Designing the program test organization
- Creating the test effort estimate for the program based on the affected corporate systems and applications
- Setting up the Microfocus ALM test management tool for the program
- Setting up and implementing cross-system test users
- Operational support for the first pilot systems in testing (test management and test analysis)
Senior Test Manager (contractor) for the supplier
IT service provider for a German sales organization of a premium car manufacturer
- Designing, aligning, and implementing a project-wide work model (business and IT)
- Introducing quality assurance standards in the project (reviews, code test guidelines)
- Defining, aligning, and introducing quality gates for the project
- Taking over external test management for the integration test phases up to production handover
- Leading the external centralized test team
- Conducting workshops, retrospectives, and lessons learned
- Defining, aligning, and introducing supporting workflows for demands and business functions in a centralized, cross-system Jira
- Designing, aligning, and implementing a centralized defect management
- Creating the project test concept
- Aligning quality management and test approaches with external auditors
- Creating a usage concept for the Zephyr test management tool in Jira
- Designing the centralized test and defect reporting
- Supporting internal business analysts and work packages in creating testable scenarios, business functions, and demands
Stream Lead for Sub-Project Test & Acceptance
Financial services provider, stock exchange
- Test management and sub-project lead for the Panthera / TradeRebel stream – the new trading platform of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange
- Aligning quality aspects and management with the main project and other streams regarding BaFin audits
- Analyzing and creating the test concept for internal testing activities
- Evaluating and implementing a testing workflow including tool usage in the project
- Building and integrating a defect management workflow in Jira
- Setting up project-supporting dashboards for test and defect management
External consultant for quality management and agile practices
Financial services provider, stock exchange
- Analyzing and creating the test concept for internal testing activities in the SID project – system for distributing financial market data
- Evaluating and implementing a testing workflow including tool usage
- Building and integrating a defect management workflow in Jira
- Conducting needs analysis and setting up project-supporting dashboards for test and defect management
Test Manager (ext.) of the 'Supplier'
IT service provider for the financial services/mobility division of a car manufacturer
- Set up and rollout of a Jira-supported process from design to production handover, including defect management
- Took over test management and defect management as a service provider; coordination with the client's internal test manager
- Created the project test concept
- Carried out quality assurance measures in the project, including external development service providers (Italy)
- Supported internal business analysts and the product owner in creating testable stories and epics
Test Manager (ext.), Coach (agile) for Requirements Team
IT service provider for a vehicle manufacturer
- Set up testing and test management as well as defect management with the internal test manager in the MPRO project – new development of a web portal for the VAN division (agile project)
- Coached internal staff on product owner topics and maintaining backlogs and stories
- Carried out quality assurance measures in the project, including for the external development service provider
Consultant for test management support for the insurance extension in the customer portal
Bank of a vehicle manufacturer
- Set up, coordination and alignment as well as planning of the functional tests of the insurance department within the scope of the extension of insurance functionalities of the customer portal
Management consultant for analyzing the test organization and quality assurance in the company's LF4 environment
Insurance company
- Created a neutral as-is analysis for the CIO with recommendations for action within the system environment around the LifeFactory application
Requirements Engineer (Product Owner) for the manufacturer's global websites
IT service provider for a vehicle manufacturer
- Delivered requirements engineering services in an agile approach for the vehicle manufacturer
- Managed and coordinated topics with designers, various development houses as well as test and release management
Program Test Manager (international project environment)
International Electronics Retail Group
- Test management (agile approach – Scrum, focus on integration) for the program to develop the new Loyalty & Campaign Management System
- Advising and coaching staff (internal and external)
- Designing and creating strategy for the project test approach (transformation from the V-model to the agile Scrum-SAFE model)
- Ensuring quality management in the project from epics and user stories to integration testing
Test Manager; Defect Manager; Team Coordinator
Financial Services Provider, Stock Exchange
- Test management for various phases, focusing on acceptance testing in the project to redevelop the Xitaro stock trading system with an international provider
- Introducing tools and processes for test and defect management (Tosca, JIRA)
- Advising, coaching, and leading staff (internal and external) during the project phases
- Designing and creating strategy for environment usage after project rollout (release, change, and configuration management)
Overall Test Lead for Group-wide SEPA Implementation
Building Society, Bank, Insurance, Internal IT Service Provider
- Overall test leadership, coordination, and control of testing across all five sub-projects with about 80 team members for the group-wide SEPA rollout
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Automotive (8.5 years), Information Technology (8 years), Banking and Finance (4.5 years), Insurance (0.5 years), and Retail (0.5 years).
Business Areas Experience
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Experienced in Quality Assurance (9.5 years), Information Technology (9 years), Project Management (3.5 years), Accounting (2.5 years), Operations (2.5 years), and Product Development (1.5 years).
Summary
Mr. Hummel supports clients from various industries in the (international) IT environment as a management consultant. His focus industries are "Finance", "Insurance", and "Automotive".
For years he has worked in client projects as a quality expert, (senior) test manager, product owner or requirements engineer, business analyst, process optimization consultant, and project manager.
His portfolio also includes defect management, environment management, organization, system analysis, system development, as well as training and coaching, and the introduction of methods, processes, and tools for software quality assurance.
His management-level focus areas include:
- Aligning, designing, and conducting feasibility analyses of project initiatives with the client, focusing on quality assurance and testing;
- Optimizing processes with a focus on "quality";
- Analyses and concepts for building, introducing, or optimizing test organizations (including the transformation from classical methodologies to agile approaches).
On the operational level, his focus areas are:
- Leading and executing (sub-)projects, focusing on quality assurance and testing;
- Business analysis of requirements (agile or "classical");
- Analyzing, designing, and implementing processes using BPMN 2.0;
- System analysis as a basis for system design (agile or "classical");
- Defect management (including workflow design, tool selection, execution, and coordination);
- Test data management.
He also provides in-project coaching for internal product owners, test managers, test leads, and test teams as part of his consulting services.
Skills
Methods / Processes
- Qa Processes: All Qa And Testing Processes According To Istqb, Throughout All Phases Of Software Development, Regardless Of The Development Model (Agile Or "Classical"); From Requirements Creation To Software Release And Maintenance; Creating Qa Guidelines For Development, Test Plans For Development And Functional Testing, As Well As Qa Risk Analyses And Optimization Of Test Organizations.
- Management: Project Management Approach According To The Pmi Model, Certified Under Pmbok 2.0 In 2003, Knowledge Updated In 2010 To Pmbok 4.0; Scrum / Certified Scrum Product Owner.
- Maturity Models: Cmm, Cmmi, Tmmi, Tpi, Spice (Basic Knowledge), Itil.
- It Methods/processes: Scrum, Kanban, V-model, W-model, Waterfall Model, Ooa, Ood With Uml, Structured Analysis And Design.
Tools
- Software Testing: Jira (Add-ons: Xray, Zephyr); Microfocus Alm; Postman; Sqs-test Professional; Tosca; Change Synergy; Clearquest; Requisite Pro; Itsm Remedy.
- Process Modeling: Signavio; Symbio; Confluence Draw.io; Gliffy; Visio; Yed; Adonis; Aris; Innovator (Mid).
- Standard Software: Microsoft Office; Confluence; Jira; Ms Project; Sharepoint; Mural.
- Software Development: Jira; Git; Team Foundation Server (Tfs); Toad; Innovator (Ooa/ood); Erwin; Ptc (Mks – Integrity).
- Informatica (Data Management): Powercenter; Powerexchange Navigator; Ilm-tdm.
Operating Systems
- Windows.
- Ibm Mainframe - Zos.
- Unix (Basic Knowledge).
Databases
- Db2.
- Oracle.
- Mysql.
- Ims.
- Vsam.
- Access.
- Hsql.
Programming Languages
- Cobol.
- C (Basic Knowledge).
- Html (Basic Knowledge).
- Xml (Basic Knowledge).
- Java (Basic Knowledge).
Languages
Education
Health Insurance Business Administrator
Certified Business Informatics Specialist
Certifications & licenses
ITIL Foundation 2011 Edition
Project Management according to PMI
CSPE Certified Scrum Product Owner
IREB Certified Professional – Foundation Level
ISTQB Certified Tester – Advanced Level Test Manager
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