Are you sure you’re developing and implementing the right solution—one that your business users actually need and will accept?
In many cases where projects to implement software solutions fail and spiral out of control, the cause is the lack of a business analysis or the fact that developers conducted it only as an afterthought.
A thorough business analysis is the cornerstone of a successful software project and helps ensure that the final solution is delivered on time and within budget, as well as ensuring that the solution is accepted by business stakeholders and users.
I help my clients successfully implement projects by serving as an interface between business departments and developers through the application of business analysis techniques, methodologies, and tools across its various disciplines:
- Business Process Management
- Requirements gathering, documentation, analysis, and management (Requirements Engineering & Management) throughout the entire project lifecycle
- Modeling solutions using UML diagrams
- System and data modeling with UML and SysML
My Education in Business Analysis
I hold a degree (with honors) in Business Informatics under Prof. Dr. Scheer and am therefore thoroughly familiar with the process models for system design and implementation from the ground up.
I am certified as a Senior Business Analyst and as a Requirements Engineer (IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering).
For more than 25 years, I have worked as an external consultant and lead business analyst, focusing on the design, development, and implementation of complex IT solutions in international projects.
I also have 25 years of experience in business process management and design as a business analyst. This enables me to provide technical support throughout the entire process, from requirements management through the creation of requirements and functional specifications and system specifications, all the way to system implementation. In doing so, I can draw on a requirements engineering process model that has been proven effective in my project practice, regardless of whether the approach is traditional (waterfall model) or agile (SCRUM).
Practical Experience in Business Analysis
I have extensive experience in the design and implementation of complex IT solutions and in supporting software and system development processes, starting with requirements engineering and the creation of requirements documents and system specifications.
Over the past 25 years, I have worked here as a consultant and lead business analyst, focusing on the design, development, and implementation of complex IT solutions in international projects.
My work has focused on the following areas:
Documenting and managing requirements throughout their lifecycle; designing solutions based on customer requirements
Advising clients on methodology and the introduction of business analysis and requirements management
Managing tenders and tender requirements; serving as project and subproject manager for numerous international tenders
Contract management based on requirements; scope management; leading teams of requirements engineers and software developers, etc.
uring this time, I was involved as a (Lead) Business Analyst in numerous international projects for the specification and implementation of complex IT systems, examples:
- Product Owner & Business Analyst for the development of a new item management solution for flat and configurable items in the furniture retail sector (Möbel Höffner)
- Lead Business Analyse & Product Owner Multi-Channel-Gutscheinmanagementlösung stationärer Handel & ECommerce Onlineshops im Einzelhandel (u.a. Möbel Höffner)
- Lead Business Analyst & Product Owner for a multi-channel coupon management solution for brick-and-mortar retailers and e-commerce retail stores (including Möbel Höffner)
- Project Manager & Lead Business Analyst for the implementation and certification of the Europe-wide EETS toll system Toll4Europe in Germany
- Lead Business Analyst & Project Manager for the implementation of an enforcement system for the nationwide truck toll system in Belgium
- Lead Business Analyst & Technical Solution Designer for the design and development of a Europe-wide EETS truck toll system solution
- Business Analyst & Functional Solution Architect for the design and development of the Newton data production system li>
You can find additional project examples related to business analysis in my project history.