Short CV
Since 9/ | Honorary Professor at University of Mannheim |
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Since 8/ | Co-Founder SAP Innovation Center Newport Beach |
Since 1/ | SAP SE Walldorf (global development organization) |
4/ | University of Mannheim – Assistant Professor |
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University of Mannheim (incl. 4 months at University of California, Irvine) Degree: PhD in Business Information Systems Engineering (“Dr. rer. pol”) |
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University of Mannheim Degree: Diploma in Business Administration and Computer Science (“Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker”) Majors: Business Software Engineering, Business Information Systems, Computer Science, Marketing |
Internships |
Hildenbrand GmbH (not related, 5 months) alltours flugreisen gmbh (3 months) Student Research Assistant in Information Systems (4 years) |
1989 – 1998 |
Hebelgymnasium Schwetzingen Degree: German Comprehensive Secondary School Diploma (Abitur) Majors: Mathematics and English |
Publications
- Röck, T., Hoffmann, P., Spohrer, K., Schimmer, T. and Heinzl, A. (2022). Assessing the impact of empirical process control metrics in agile software development – A framework based on improvement capability. In , Proceedings of the 30th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS): Timișoara, Romania, June 18–24, 2022 (S. 1–15). Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS) : Research Papers, AISeL: Atlanta, GA.
Talks and Presentations
2013
- Conference Talk: XP Days 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany (15 November 2013):
“Build-Measure-Learn – What Software Enterprises Can Learn from Startups”, (together with Christian Binder, Microsoft) - Conference Talk: High Performance Processes at SIEMENS in Erlangen, Germany (17 July 2013):
“The Road to Innovation – Design Thinking and Lean Development at SAP”, (together with Christian Wiele) - Conference Talk: Scrum Day 2013 in Berlin, Germany (12 June 2013):
“Combining Design and Development”, (together with Martin Fassunge) - Conference Talk: Entwicklertag 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany (6 June 2013):
“How to Find Innovative Solutions for Wicked Problems?”,(together with Jochen Guertler) - Conference Talk: Entwicklertag 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany (6 June 2013):
“How to Build Better Software? 13 'Thinks' to Keep in Mind”, (together with Jochen Guertler) - Conference Talk: Keynote beim Kongress der Deutschen Marktforschung 2013 in Berlin, Germany (22 April 2013):
“Vom Endanwender zur Innovation – Design Thinking in der Software-Industrie” - Conference Talk: SE 2013 in Aachen, Germany (28 February 2013):
“Agile Software Engineering Techniques: The Missing Link in Large Scale Lean Product Development” (together with Alexander Scheerer and Christoph Schmidt)
- Conference Talk: XP Days 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany (15 November 2013):
2012
- Conference Talk: ALM Days 2012 in Munich, Germany (27 November 2012):
“Combining Design and Development at SAP” - Conference Talk: InES Symposium 2012 in Mannheim, Germany (19 October 2012):
“Agile Software engineering and Design Thinking: Efficiency and Innovation in Lean Software Development” (together with Prof. Dr. Armin Heinzl) - Conference Talk: Scrum Day 2012 in St. Leon-Rot, Germany (5 July 2012):
“Combining Design and Development”, Slides (together with Martin Fassunge) - Conference Talk: Scrum Day 2012 in St. Leon-Rot, Germany (5 July 2012):
“Framing Design and Development with Scrum – Lean and Design Thinking in Practice” (together with Jochen Guertler) - Conference Talk: d.confestival 2012 in Potsdam, Germany (21 September 2012):
“Combining Software Design and Lean Development – Applying Scrum as Process Framework for Software Projects to Build the Right Things Right” (together with Jochen Guertler) - Conference Talk at VKSI Sneak Preview in Karlsruhe, Germany (8 March 2012):
“Design Thinking in der Praxis” (together with Jochen Guertler)
- Conference Talk: ALM Days 2012 in Munich, Germany (27 November 2012):
2011
- Conference Talk at the Scrum Day 2011 in Darmstadt, Germany (28 Sepember 2011):
“Agile Software Product Development at SAP in the Context of Lean” (with Christian Schmidkonz) - Conference Talk at the XP Days 2011 in Karlsruhe, Germany (17 November 2011):
“From user research to product backlog – hands-on experience in applying Design Thinking in SAP's lean and agile environment” (together with Johannes Meyer)
- Conference Talk at the Scrum Day 2011 in Darmstadt, Germany (28 Sepember 2011):
2009
- Guest Lecture, 05/
19/2009 at the University of Heilbronn, Germany:
"Global verteiltes Requirements Engineering”
- Guest Lecture, 05/
2008
- Guest Lecture, at the itemis AG, 11/
24/2008, Bonn:
"Verbesserung der Traceability in der verteilten, kollaborativen Softwareentwicklung” - TaSK Forum, 06/
05/2008 at the University of Mannheim, Germany:
“Verbesserung der Nachvollziehbarkeit und Prozesstransparenz in verteilten, kollaborativen Softwareentwicklungsprojekten” - Guest Lecture, 05/
28/2008 at the University of Mannheim, Germany:
“Daten- und Wissensmanagement in der Softwareentwicklung - Conference Talk at the Second Workshop on Engineering Complex Distributed Systems (ECDS 2008) in conjunction with International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS 2008), 03/
05/2008 in Barcelona, Spain:
“Approaches to Collaborative Software Development”. - Conference Talk at the Second Workshop on Engineering Complex Distributed Systems (ECDS 2008) in conjunction with International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS 2008), 03/
05/2008 in Barcelona, Spain:
“Agile Methodologies for Distributed Collaborative Development of Enterprise Applications”. - Conference Talk at the PRIMIUM Subconference at the Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2008 (MKWI'08), 02/
26/2008 in Munich, Germany:
“Designing and Implementing a Tool for Distributed Collaborative Traceability and Rationale Management”. - Workshop Talk 02/
15/2008 in Würzburg, Germany:
“Improving Traceability in Distributed Collaborative Software Development: Results from a Design Science Research Approach”.
- Guest Lecture, at the itemis AG, 11/
2007
- CollaBaWü-Quarterly Workshop, 04/
27/2007, University of Mannheim,
“Visualization and Analysis of Traceability Relationships in Distributed Software Development”. - Conference Talk at the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games, 04/
03/2007 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA:
“Genetic Algorithms for Finding Optimal Strategies for a Student's Game”. - Conference Talk at the REConf 2007 – 6. Requirements Engineering Tagung, 03/
07/2007, München:
“CodeBeamer for Requirements Engineering in Distributed Scenarios -- Global verteilte Softwareentwicklung im Projekt 'Borderless Brain'"; with Michael Geisser. - Lecture at the University of Mannheim, Germany, 02/
26/2007:
“Tools for Collaborative Software Development” together with Michael Geisser - Workshop Talk 01/
16/2007 in Bad Hersfeld, Germany:
“Evaluation von Requirements Engineering und Traceability Management Methoden in der verteilten Softwareentwicklung” with Michael Geisser - Conference Talk at the first International Conference on Software Engineering Approaches For Offshore and Outsourced Development (SEAFOOD) in Zurich, Switzerland, 6 February 2007:
“Towards Visualization and Analysis of Traceability Relationships in Distributed and Offshore Software Development Projects”. - Conference Talk at the first International Conference on Software Engineering Approaches For Offshore and Outsourced Development (SEAFOOD) in Zurich, Switzerland, 5 February 2007:
“Offshore Software Development: Transferring Research Findings into the Classroom” with Kay Berkling (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico) and Michael Geisser. - CollaBaWü-Quarterly Workshop, 01/
19/2007, FZI in Karlsruhe:
“Social Network Analysis in Software Engineering”.
- CollaBaWü-Quarterly Workshop, 04/
2006
- Guest Lecture at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, 12/
15/2006, Mainz:
“Wiki-Systeme als Medium zur Zusammenarbeit und Kommunikation in der Softwareentwicklung”; together with Michael Geisser. - PRIMIUM Workshop, 11/
15/2006, Stuttgart:
“Innovative Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Wikis in Softwareprozessen”; with Michael Geisser and Stefan Seedorf. - Seminar Talk 10/
26/2006, Irvine, USA:
“Social Network Analysis Data Collection Techniques in Open Source Software Development Projects”. - Seminar Talk 10/
19/2006, Irvine, USA:
“Social Network Analysis in Open Source Software Development Projects”. - Continuous Coordination Project Meeting 08/
10/2006, Irvine, USA:
“Improving Traceability in Distributed Software Development Projects”. - Workshop “Social Software in der Wertschöpfung”, 07/
18/2006, Stuttgart:
“Einsatzpotentiale von Wikis in der Softwareentwicklung”; with Michael Geisser and Stefan Seedorf. - Expertenforum “Herausforderungen und erfolgversprechende Lösungsansätze bei verteilten Softwareprojekten”, 06/
19/2006 – 06/ 28/2006, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, München, Stuttgart:
“Wiki als Medium zur Zusammenarbeit und Kommunikation in Projekten”; with Michael Geisser. - Doctoral Colloquium 05/
26/2006 in Mannheim, Germany:
“Kollaborative Softwareerstellung im Forschungsprojekt 'CollaBaWü'" with Jens Arndt and Michael Geisser. - Seminar Talk 04/
05/2006 in Mannheim, Germany:
“Nutzung von Open Source-Entwicklungsplattformen im Unternehmenskontext”. - Workshop “Semantische Technologien zur Unterstützung von Softwareprozessen” held 04/
03/2006 at the Fraunhofer IESE in Kaiserslautern, Germany:
“Kollaboratives Requirements Engineering” with Michael Geisser. - Workshop Talk 03/
24/2006 in Rossdorf, Germany:
“Ansätze zur Integration von Open Source-Entwicklungsmethoden und -werkzeugen im Unternehmenskontext”. - Conference Talk REConf 2006 – 5. Requirements Engineering Tagung, 03/
07/2006, München:
“Collaborative Software Requirements Engineering with Wiki and CodeBeamer”; with Michael Geisser.
- Guest Lecture at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, 12/
2004
2003
Teaching
- Design Thinking and Lean Development in Enterprise Software Development
Master-Ebene, Vorlesung
Fall Semester 2012–2018 - Agility and Reuse in Large-Scale Enterprise Software Development
Master-Ebene, Vorlesung
Fall Semester 2011 - Globally Distributed Software Development (GDSD)
Master-Ebene, Vorlesung
Fall Semester 2008–2010
Graduation Works
- Student Research Project:
“Information Retrieval und Suchmaschinen: Implementierung einer generischen Suchfunktion in einem J2EE Web Application Framework mittels Apache Lucene” - Diplom Thesis:
“Critical Analysis of Existing Development Methodologies in Software Engineering and Design of a Reference Process for Collaborative Business Software Development” - Doctoral Thesis:
“Improving Traceability in Distributed Collaborative Software Development – A Design Science Approach”