Christian Witte-Managing Director

Analysis and shadowing of existing PI, Scrum and Kanban processes

Support for PI planning, refinements, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives

Agile coaching of squad leads, product owners and teams

Temporary takeover of moderation, control and leadership tasks in critical situations

Creation of clear structures for features, epics, capacity planning and prioritization

Introduction of standardized work and feedback formats in Jira and Conceptboard

Support for leadership in decision-making, goal clarity and role definition

Preparation of a stable foundation for a tribe-wide agile playbook

Increased schedule reliability and more realistic commitments in the PI and sprint context

More transparency about goals, dependencies and actual capacities

Relief for leaders through clear structures and clean role models

Empowered teams with a better understanding of Scrum, Kanban and their practical application

Improved collaboration between squads, product owners and management

Sustainable basis for the further development of the agile organization even under difficult conditions

Overall project management of the enterprise exit with responsibility for planning, control and communication at management and board level

Setting up the project structure, defining the scope and developing the milestone plan including big bang go-live

Introduction of a frozen zone concept to secure system stability before go-live

Management of up to 10 subprojects including external partners, SAP integration, diagnostic tool replacement (Service Tester)

Development and enforcement of an end-to-end test strategy for production and service

Conducting regular status rounds, leading the core project team and preparing and moderating the steering committee meetings

Close coordination with the CIO, IT board and department heads

Management of critical dependencies (supplier integration, update rack, vehicle master data, parameterization)

Establishment of a clear structured project leadership in a highly complex regulatory environment

Ensuring project progress despite repeated technical and organizational challenges

Early identification and addressing of critical system risks (e.g. DDM interfaces, test planning, resource bottlenecks)

Building a robust IT project governance with consistent stakeholder communication

Handover-ready project state including structured documentation, decision bases and workshop preparation for successors

Agile project execution using Scrum and Kanban to increase project transparency and efficiency

Initial setup of an agile project structure for a flexible work environment

Project management: Central steering of project goals and ensuring strategic alignment

Scrum Master DevOps: Leading DevOps teams and ensuring continuous integration and delivery

Responsibility for time, budget, quality and controlling

Stakeholder management with internal teams and external partners

Achieving project goals within time and budget constraints with high quality

Effective communication strategies to build trust and collaboration

Structured change management measures for smooth process adaptations

Use of modern tools such as Atlassian Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Teams & Planner and Microsoft 365

Project management for a seamless and efficient transformation to SAP S/4HANA with a greenfield approach

Developing a detailed project plan covering timeline, budget, capacity, and pilot applications

Key design decisions: defining critical design choices for the system architecture

Conducting the tender process and selecting an external implementation partner

Establishing governance structures for project management

Gap analysis to define gaps between current processes and S/4HANA requirements

Defining specific project goals for end-to-end process chains

Setting up a clear project structure as the basis for the main project

Thorough preparation and on-time implementation

Resolving open items to ensure a smooth project launch

Targeted change management measures to support organizational adaptation

Using Microsoft SharePoint, Teams & Planner and Office 365 to optimize project management and collaboration

Developing an agile framework for collaboration in a Spotify organization

Preparing and running tribe workshops to adapt the framework

Commitment to further agile ways of working for the tribe

Establishing independent agile practices for multiple teams following SAFe

Strengthening team members' skills and role understanding

Technical implementation in Jira Cloud