Rolf Wendolsky-Agile Consultant
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Experience
Agile Consultant
Lead.ai
- Introduction of Agile-CCPM in an IT project agency with a focus on PHP-based content management systems.
- Preparation and facilitation of workshops to establish a cross-agency multi-project management system.
- Coordination and support of the agency partners.
- Coaching of the methodological framework.
- Collection, evaluation, and use of organizational metrics to plan next steps.
- Environment: OKR, CCPM, Agile Coaching, Agile Planning, Agile Metrics, Workshops, Facilitation, Change Management, JIRA, Zoom, Slack, Miro.
SAFe Scrum Master, Agile Coach
Technology company focused on connected industrial systems
- Scrum Master for an agile team within a company-wide Agile Release Train (ART) in the automation technology area.
- Close collaboration with the Release Train Engineer (RTE), Product Manager, Product Owners, and system architects to plan value streams and synchronize cross-team dependencies.
- Coaching team members and stakeholders in agile principles, Scrum, and SAFe practices.
- Responsible for the effectiveness of the own team within the SAFe implementation.
- Final decision-maker within the own team when agile standard practices and capacity allocation were not followed.
- Support in the execution and follow-up of Planning Interval (PI) Plannings.
- Identifying improvement potential and improving flow with agile metrics such as MTTR, Flow Velocity, Flow Load, Flow Time, and team engagement.
- Supporting the RTE in collecting and presenting meaningful agile metrics.
- Remote collaboration in the ART with development teams distributed across Germany.
- Introduction of measurements for WIP limits, Flow Time, team satisfaction, and MTTR.
- Promotion of Pair-Working through tight WIP limits, which led to a 28% reduction in Flow Time.
- Introduction of the Two-Crew concept to support DevOps for stronger focus and temporary relief.
- Introduction, training, and support of Google Design Sprints to foster innovation.
- Founding and supporting an Agile community to support the LACE as part of knowledge sharing.
- Environment: Scrum, Kanban, Design Sprints, OKR, SAFe, DevOps, TDD, BDD, Event Sourcing, Liberating Structures, Systems Thinking, JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, Miro.
Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach
IT system house
- Support of online self-assessment tools for first-time or new career orientation in working life (Newplan, Check-U) in the public sector.
- Agile team leadership for one to two teams.
- Coaching, mentoring, and support for teams, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and other leaders.
- Resolving collaboration and transparency issues in the project.
- Promoting agility in the organization through leadership and development of a weekly community.
- Design and support of an OKR-compatible organizational development process.
- Rolling out and supporting Google Design Sprints in the organization.
- Design and introduction of an empirical product planning system in JIRA to replace classic roadmaps.
- Successful crisis management during budget cuts and layoffs by merging teams while maintaining delivery capability.
- Environment: Scrum, Design Sprints, Lean UX, OKR, EBM, DevOps, Kanban, Liberating Structures, Systems Thinking, Workshops, Mediation, Change Management, JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, Excalidraw.
Agile Coach, Consultant
Stiftung Kinder forschen
- Improving collaboration between the foundation and external service providers in software development.
- Selection, recommendation, and introduction of Scrum as the organizational framework.
- Coaching the customer-side Product Owner and the project lead at the service provider.
- Integrating customer and service provider into one shared team with a common backlog and shared goals.
- Facilitating and supporting Scrum events.
- Resolving serious communication and coordination problems, which made it possible to meet critical project deadlines.
- Environment: Scrum, Agile Coaching, Agile Leadership, Systems Thinking, Workshops, Mediation, Confluence, Redmine, Zoom, Slack, Miro.
Agile Coach, Mentor
IngSoft GmbH
- Agile transformation of a company for energy management and pipe statics.
- Systems-based problem analysis and selection of suitable Scrum Masters.
- Selection of the methodological framework for the agile transformation.
- Support and mentoring of Scrum Masters in the project.
- Actual transformation of development work into a LeSS structure with four Scrum teams.
- Training of the company owner to become a Product Owner, including LeSS training.
- Development of internal employees into committed Scrum Masters.
- Spreading the new culture of collaboration into sales and marketing.
- Environment: Scrum, Agile Coaching, LeSS, Systems Thinking, Change Management, Zoom, Miro.
Consultant, Scrum Master, Agile Coach
Music Support Group
- Building a Scrum team for Deutsche POP Academy to develop a course management system.
- Developer staffing and selection of external employees.
- Coaching the customer-side Product Owner and selecting a suitable Scrum Master.
- Modernization of the development and code base, including test automation, DevOps, and AI support.
- Methodical support to improve transparency and predictability.
- Breaking down all knowledge silos in development.
- Designing and introducing an empirical product planning system in JIRA.
- Successful financial crisis management during the insolvency of the parent company.
- Environment: Scrum, Agile Coaching, Agile Leadership, DevOps, Moderation, Mediation, Change Management, JIRA, Confluence, Zoom, Slack, Miro.
Agile Consultant
Connexis Personal-Services GmbH & Co. KG
- Work as an Agile Consultant as part of a contract / employee leasing arrangement.
- Social insurance-covered employment through the partner company for external projects.
Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach
IT-Systemhaus
- Support of numerous online offerings related to occupational information presentation and placement activities (Infosysbub) in the public sector.
- Agile team leadership for two to three teams in a LeSS-like scaling setup.
- Coaching, mentoring, and support for teams, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and other leaders.
- Collaboration with external and internal stakeholders as well as system management.
- Founding and support of a weekly community for Agile professionals for more than four years.
- Introduction, training, and support of Google Design Sprints far beyond the product group.
- Designing and founding an organization-wide chat communication channel for incident detection with nearly 1,000 members.
- Designing and introducing an empirical product planning system in JIRA for the Product Backlog.
- Environment: Scrum, Design Sprints, Lean UX, EBM, LeSS, DevOps, Kanban, Liberating Structures, Systems Thinking, Workshopping, Mediation, Change Management, JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, Conceptboard.
Agile Coach, Organizer
Meetup.com
- Organization and facilitation of the Nuremberg Scrum Meetup as a community of practice.
- Design of interactive exchange and learning formats for Scrum and related frameworks.
- Coaching mixed groups of newcomers and experienced professionals.
- Announcement, promotion, and organization of the monthly events.
- Environment: Scrum, Nexus, LeSS, SAFe, Liberating Structures, Training, Moderation, Zoom, Miro.
Agile Coach, Consultant
FSP Fahrzeug-Sicherheitsprüfung GmbH
- Maintenance and further development of a fleet management system (Oscar).
- Coaching the team of remote freelancers to comply with an agile framework.
- Ensuring coordination events, timeboxing, and retrospectives.
- Supporting the team in writing and preparing user stories.
- Billing the developers to the customer and adjusting the team staffing.
- Setup and configuration of the collaboration software.
- Support during the successful migration of the legacy code to a secure platform.
- Environment: Agile Leadership, Kanban, IT Security, Data Protection, JIRA, Confluence, Zoom, Slack.
Research Associate, Scrum Master
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
- Project coordination in the IoT research projects Pick-by-Local-Light and Link4Pro.
- Successful introduction of Scrum in the project team.
- Increased efficiency of the JEE developers by introducing JRebel.
- Company-wide rollout of Atlassian software (JIRA, Confluence).
- Migration of the intranet system to Confluence.
- Software development and writing research proposals.
- Environment: Scrum, Kanban, TDD, Continuous Integration, JIRA, Confluence, Netbeans, Eclipse, JRebel, Python, J2EE.
Software Developer
Badger Systems GmbH
- Development of Escalert.io, a solution for alerting and incident resolution in a DevOps environment.
- Programming of numerous system components.
- Support in system design and software quality assurance.
- Management of freelancers during development.
- Support with customer acquisition.
- Main technologies: Python, Django, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, LESS, Bootstrap, SQL, JQuery.
- Environment: Redmine, JIRA, Git, Linux, MySQL, TDD, UNIX Shell Scripting.
Agile Coach, Consultant, Software Developer
Coupon Future GmbH & Co KG
- Support for a multi-domain web service for online discount vouchers.
- Coaching the team to work within an agile framework and with a value-driven mindset.
- Ensuring coordination meetings and retrospectives with a focus on process improvement.
- Support with user stories, team staffing, and billing.
- Setup and customization of collaboration software (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket).
- Software development, maintenance, and support of the Drupal application.
- Creation of a new theme and layout according to design specs.
- Emergency on-call duty and handling of technical incidents.
- Environment: Kanban, Scrum, User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Drupal, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, Linux.
Managing Director, Software Developer, Sales
Solojo GmbH
- Own start-up for an online discount system in the hospitality industry (CulinaCard).
- Responsible for project management with external companies.
- Software development for web applications and mobile app interfaces.
- Personally acquired more than 60 Munich restaurants as partners.
- Handling customer and partner acquisition (cold calling).
- Main technologies: Perl, HTML5, CSS, Less, Javascript, Bootstrap, JQuery, SQL.
- Environment: Linux, Latex, Apache, MySQL, IT security, Redmine, Subversion.
Managing Director, Authorized Signatory, Project Manager, Software Developer, Agile Consultant
JonDos GmbH
- Strategic direction and operational management of the IT services company.
- Planning, design, and development of software for private users and companies.
- Turning a research project into a spin-off that ran for more than 10 years.
- Customer outreach, new customer acquisition, and technical support.
- Management of HR, invoicing, accounting, and purchasing.
- Projects: JonDonym, AN.ON-Next, AppPETs.
- Main technologies: PHP, Java, C++, Perl, HTML5, CSS, Javascript, SQL, XML, C.
- Environment: Design Sprints, IT security, data protection, TDD, JIRA, Confluence, Redmine, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Eclipse, Netbeans, Git, Gitlab, Subversion.
Research Associate
Universität Regensburg
- Planning and running courses at the Chair of Information Security Management.
- Supervision of seminar papers and diploma theses.
- Lead developer in the area of software quality and commercial use in the AN.ON (Anonymity Online) project.
- Introduction of S/MIME email encryption at a medium-sized IT security company.
- Achieving project goals and successful project completion.
- Environment: JBuilder, C++Builder, Eclipse, NetBeans, TDD, PostgreSQL, Linux, LaTeX, Java, C++, SQL.
Industry experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Advertising, Professional Services, Government and Administration, Energy, and Food and Beverage.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Project Management, Product Development, Information Technology, Marketing, Research and Development, and Sales.
Summary
With many years of hands-on experience in agile leadership, IT, software development, project management, and managing a business with own products and employees, Rolf helps people, teams, and organizations create continuous innovative value.
Always focusing on long-term product and service success, user value, and ongoing improvement, he questions not only the organization but also himself on a regular basis. Rolf typically works as an agile leader, coach, mentor, trainer, and organizational and innovation consultant, especially in the role of Scrum Master.
Skills
Agile Leadership (Among Others In Agile / Adaptability Rollouts In Large Organizations; For One Or More Development Or Delivery Teams, E.G. As Safe Practice Consultant, Agile Delivery Manager, Release Train Engineer, Senior Scrum Master, Senior Team Coach)
Agile Support, Mentoring, And Training (E.G. As Agile Coach, Agile Mentor For Business Decision-Makers, Product Managers And Product Analysts, For Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches And Team Coaches, For Individual Development Teams And Scaled Teams Of Teams / Multi-Team Setups)
Agile Consulting, Workshops, And Facilitation (E.G. For Target Systems Like Ebm, Okr, Ccpm; For Design Thinking, Lean Ux And Agile Events; For Agile, Devops And Conflict Management In Teams And In Scaled Multi-Team Setups, E.G. As Senior Scrum Master, Senior Team Coach, Release Train Engineer)
Industry Experience In Automation Technology, Public Sector, Education, Energy Management, Training, Media, Logistics, It Services, Agile Consulting, Training, Marketing, Research, It Security And Data Protection, Communication Networks
Methods, Knowledge And Skills**
Delivery Management: Scrum (Master/Coach)
Delivery Management: Kanban (Master/Coach)
Lean Ux, Design Sprints
Lean Ux, Ce – Continuous Exploration
Target Systems: Okr – Objectives And Key Results
Target Systems: Ebm – Evidence-Based Management
Project Management: Ccpm – Critical Chain
Agile Coaching / Agile Support
Agile Leadership
Agile Planning
Agile Metrics
Agile Scaling – Multi-Team Setup: Nexus
Agile Scaling – Multi-Team Setup: Less
Agile Scaling – Multi-Team Setup: Safe
Product Operating Model (Pom, Cao)
Devops
Continuous Delivery Pipelining (Ce/Ci/Cd)
Extreme Programming (Xp)
Test-Driven Development (Tdd)
Behaviour-Driven Development (Bdd / Ddd)
Event Sourcing (Mdd / Mdsd)
Liberating Structures
Systems Thinking
Workshops
Trainings
Facilitation
Mediation & Conflict Resolution Techniques
Coaching (Individual / General)
Change Management
It Security & Data Protection
Software Development (Among Others Php, Java, Perl, Python)
Tools**
Jira (Use & Configuration, On-Premise & Cloud)
Redmine
Confluence (Use & Configuration, On-Premise & Cloud)
Ms Word
Ms Excel
Ms Powerpoint
Ms Outlook
Git
Bitwarden
Zoom
Ms Teams
Slack
Rocket.Chat
Conceptboard
Miro
Excalidraw
Operating Systems / Databases**
Windows (User)
Linux (User)
Mysql
Postgresql
Ms Access
Languages / Notations (Technical)**
Gherkin
Jql
Uml
J2ee
Java
Python
Perl
C++
Html5
Php
Personal Traits**
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness & Teamwork
Emotional Stability & Resilience
Analytical Thinking
Structure & Discipline
Planning & Strategic Thinking
Conflict Resolution & Facilitation
Leadership Strength
Courage
Innovative Strength & Creativity
Learning Orientation & Reflection
Impact Orientation
Pragmatism & Realism
Respect & Fairness
Languages
Education
University of Regensburg
Diploma · Business Informatics · Regensburg, Germany · 1.5
University of Regensburg
Pharmacy · Regensburg, Germany
Kepler-Gymnasium Weiden i.d.OPf.
Abitur · Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany · 1.2
Certifications & licenses
Certified CCPM One Star Dolphin ChangeBase
Scaled Agile
Scaled Agile
Certified Agile Organization Designer CAO
Scaled Agile
Scaled Agile
Scaled Agile
Scaled Agile
OKR Process Owner
Digital Winners
Professional Scrum with User Experience (PSU I)
Scrum.org
Design Sprint Master
DesignSprint Alliance
LeSS Company
Professional Scrum Master III (PSM III)
Scrum.org
Scrum.org
Scrum.org
Scrum.org
NLP Certified Practitioner
INLPTA
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
Profile
Frequently asked questions
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Rolf is based in Nuremberg, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Rolf speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary).
Rolf has at least 22 years of experience. During this time, Rolf has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 16 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months. Note that Rolf may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Rolf would be well-suited for roles such as: Agile Consultant, SAFe Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach.
Rolf's most recent position is Agile Consultant at Lead.ai.
In recent years, Rolf has worked for Lead.ai, Technology company focused on connected industrial systems, IT system house, Stiftung Kinder forschen, and IngSoft GmbH.
Rolf is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Advertising, and Professional Services. Rolf also has some experience in Government and Administration, Food and Beverage, and Energy.
Rolf is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Product Development, and Information Technology. Rolf also has some experience in Marketing, Sales, and Research and Development.
Rolf has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Advertising, and Professional Services.
Rolf has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology, and Product Development.
Rolf holds a Master in Business Informatics from University of Regensburg.
Rolf has 26 certificates. Among them, these include: Authorization to train for Leading SAFe® 6 Scaled Agile, Certified CCPM One Star Dolphin ChangeBase, and Certified SAFe® 6 Scrum Master.
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