Category: Organization

Moving on – Goodbye Automated Valet Parking

It’s four years ago that I decided to join the new Connected Parking team and with this step, join the Bosch company after a fabulous time with car2go and moovel. I expected and hoped for an exciting and challenging time in a field as innovative as hardly another one in the current mobility sector. The idea to realize a vision was tempting: Make safe driverless driving a reality by using outside sensors instead of vehicle sensors.

A true Internet of Things (IoT) application!

Looking back, I can say that all my expectations have been exceeded by far – in an absolutely positive way. Now I’m moving forward. Continue reading “Moving on – Goodbye Automated Valet Parking” →

Embrace the new guy!

newguyA new colleague recently joined our team. Just yesterday, he presented his ideas on a sales topic. It took me some time to get into this one slide he showed. My first thought was “i don’t fully get it, explain it to me better” followed by “why is this so strange!?”.

Being in a rush, I noticed my impatience. Until I figured out what was happening: Martin didn’t take the beaten path we use to go in our team, he didn’t use the vocabulary we were used to in our team, he didn’t use the common layout to show his ideas.

No, he did it his own way. What was feeling strange in the first seconds, made me smile directly after. He approached the topic from a different angle, structured it differently and brought in new perspectives.

We discussed quite a while and I really enjoyed it. I learned.

So when you come across something new, try to be open. Don’t judge it too quickly. You might miss a great opportunity. Take the chance to discover unknown facettes of something you already think you know quite well.

Leute verbinden. Mit klaren Zielen.

Habe gerade eine spannende Idee in unserer Organisation gepflanzt. Während eines Workshops zum Aufstellen der Roadmap unserer weiteren Produktentwicklung sind wir in unser herkömmlichen Art vorgegangen: In der Gruppe gab es viele gute Produktideen und Wünsche. Daneben handfeste Features aber auch zahlreiche Einzelprobleme mit teils noch unklarer Lösung. Als Zwischenstand ergab dies eine Liste aus Produktfeatures in stark unterschiedlicher Reife und Granuläritat. In der Methode zeigte sich ein bekanntes Muster, das durchbrochen werden musste. Continue reading “Leute verbinden. Mit klaren Zielen.” →

Scrum Intro für Neue Teammitglieder

Anfang des Jahres haben wir mit Uta Kapp eine Einführung in Scrum für neue Teammitglieder durchgeführt. Für uns wichtig war in dem Termin vor allem, wie wir die klassisch Projektmanagement- und Produktmanagement Denkenden in das agile Entwicklungsumfeld integrieren können. Meine Sketchnotes aus der Session findest Du hier:

A while ago I stumbled over an appealing idea: Use LEGO for calendaring. It makes planning across a team easier, delivers instant overview and adds a tactile element which makes the whole thing much more fun.

I did a quick research which showed that the idea is not brand new. Many people have created calendars by putting colored bricks on LEGO plates, but the most appealing one – how I find – is the one from a London agency “vitamindesign”. I quickly want to show you how that works.

Continue reading “A cool Lego Calendar” →

ABC of Living Decisions

[Update] This post from June 13th, 2013 came to mind due to a trigger lately. So I want to bring it to your attention. I’ve been re-structuring and updating it for you.

I’m writing this post based on experiences I had within the last weeks. Achieve clarity within our organization with good decision making and carry out a change in a constructive and sustainable way.

I’ve noticed both good and bad examples for a base skill I’ve taken for granted: Living decisions.

Keep on reading for my thoughts on staying authentic and building trust in your decision-making skills!

Give guidance and clarity with good decisions.

Making decisions in a complex environment can be tough. Having to make them might be a high pressure. That shouldn’t keep you from making them. In turn, I find it even more important to bring guidance into an organization with precise decisions when the environment resembles a jungle for everyone else.

Continue reading “ABC of Living Decisions” →

Thanks to Lars for pointing me to this article. It’s a great insight on managing large teams over different locations efficiently. In his November 2012 article, Henrik Kniberg (also see my recent post from him introducing scrum) describes a team setup that combines scrum teams and keeps them interacting with each other.

It’s a challenge I’m currently facing as well setting up the new car2go and moovel development teams. I’ll definitely learn from that input for my further steps!

https://blog.crisp.se/2012/11/14/henrikkniberg/scaling-agile-at-spotify

Agile Product Ownership

Agile Product Ownership

With his 15 minute animated presentation, Henrik Kniberg describes the building blocks of agile product development really nicely.

It all sounds so simple. And actually, it is (while it actually isn’t). To my experience, one key fact for success to agile is achieving a high degree of transparency. No one wants to hear a “no” when asking for a feature. But constituting a “no” with a good reason, like an even better feature, will keep your stakeholders happy.

What do you find hard and how do you address these challenges?

Read Henrik Kniberg’s full article

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