Software development must be an added value!

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ! Development departments tend to get lost in their own world of thought. Then they often only talk about architectures, models, sprints, milestones, deliverables, pipelines, deployments, etc. That is all important. But even more important is:๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€ Continue Reading

AI strategies for SMEs

๐—ช๐—ผ๐˜„ – ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ yesterday at the PFH Private University of Applied Sciences Gรถttingen. Measurement Valley E.V. from Gรถttingen visited us and I would like to thank the many participants for the exciting and stimulating discussions. Thank you, Claudia Trepte Continue Reading

ร–.b.u.v.SV.

The typical German abbreviation “๐—ผฬˆ.๐—ฏ.๐˜‚.๐˜ƒ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฉ.” stands for “๐—ผฬˆ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ (partly even in court) ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎฬˆ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ”. And there’s a whole lot behind it…! In Germany, unfortunately, anyone can call themselves an expert – without an examination, without protection of Continue Reading

Talking helps… Listening helps too!

It is often the simple things that provide the solution in the end! As a boss, project manager or IT manager, two things are essential: talking and listening! 1. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป. Explain the situation transparently Continue Reading

The core elements of an IT strategy

๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—จ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! A suitable IT strategy must therefore be developed for each company. In my view, the following four points are the absolute core elements here: – ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป / ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎฬˆ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜€๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป: an IT strategy is not Continue Reading

What you see depends on your point of view.

Our point of view determines what we see and how we perceive things – literally and figuratively. ๐—˜๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎฬˆ๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ด, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎฬˆ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜‡๐˜‚ ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ณ๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—น๐—ผฬˆ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป. We are often so stuck in our own “bubble” Continue Reading