Köhler, JensEdelkraut, FrankBalve, PatrickRaue, SteveSchwarzenberger, MarcelNuhn, Helge F. R.Tuczek, HubertusSchaffitzel, NorbertOswald, AlfredHrsg.Müller, WolframHrsg. Alfred Oswald:IFST - Institute for Social Technologies GmbH, 52223 StolbergHe earned his doctorate in Theoretical Physics at RWTH Aachen University. He is Managing Director at IFST-Institute for Social Technologies GmbH, a Consulting Institute for Agile and Fluid Organizations. He is head of the professional group for Agile Management at GPM (German Association for Project Management e.V.). His field of work is the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations through innovative social technologies. He has many years of experience in the management of innovative and complex projects, as well as in the transformation of project-oriented organizations into high-performance organizations.Wolfram Müller:VISTEM GmbH & Co.KG., 64646 HeppenheimFounder and Principal Consultant at Speed4Projects.net and VISTEM, Wolfram brings 25 years of experience as a Consulting Executive, IT Project Portfolio and Project Manager, Process Engineer, and Software Engineer. As head of the PMO at 1&1 Internet AG, he led 40 project managers in the delivery of 500 projects, innovating industry-leading methods, to drive unprecedented improvements in speed and reliability across the portfolio. He has published over 20 articles and books on Critical Chain, Agile and Lean and is a well-known speaker in Europe on how to achieve hyper-productive IT project portfolios.Patrick Balve:Heilbronn University, Faculty for Industrial and Process Engineering, 74081 HeilbronnHe holds a master degree in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in International Project Management. After graduating, Dr. Balve spent five years in the field of consulting and research at the renowned Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation. Since then, he has held various management positions in logistics and quality in the automotive industry. In 2009, Dr. Balve was appointed professor at Heilbronn University in the Faculty of Industrial and Process Engineering. He is director of the Manufacturing and Operations Management bachelor program and head of the Heilbronn Learning Factory. His fields of research include lean manufacturing systems and state-of-the-art project management approaches.Frank Edelkraut:Mentus GmbH, 22359 HamburgHe is Managing Director and a well-versed Human Resources manager. As a Technical Chemist he started his career in Project Management and subsequently became a Human Resources Manager. In the last 15 years he has worked as an Interim Manager in a variety of industries and as a trainer in Leadership Development Programs. He is a member of the professional group for Agile Management of the GPM (German Association for Project Management e.V.). His field of work is Organizational Development and Leadership Development and the consequences of agile methods on organizational design and developmental matters.Jens Köhler:BASF SE, 67056 LudwigshafenHe received his Diploma in Physics from Bonn University and already began tackling the subject of complexity in his doctorate. He focuses on the Digitization in research and development. His specialty is the regulation of social complexity to lever the efficiency and effectiveness of project teams, being inevitable for successfully forming the digital transformation.Helge F. R. Nuhn:PwC AG, 60329 FrankfurtHe studied Information Systems at the Technical University, Darmstadt and obtained his PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) from the European Business School University, Wiesbaden. His areas of research lie in the realm of organizational theory and temporary forms of organizing. A Certified Scrum Master and Certified LeSS Practitioner, he seeks to enhance the ways in which teams work in every conceivable project and environment. In his job as a manager and consultant, he is part of an internal Agile Community of Interest.Steve Raue:Accenture, 10117 BerlinHe is an expert for strategic change and project management. He uses his expertise in communications, culture and behaviour analysis for an innovative approach to changing organizations in projects and team development. He is a Scrum Master and founding member of the professional group on Agile Management of the GPM (German Associations for Project Management e.V.). Steve is currently working on his doctorate in Cross-Cultural Complex Project Management, exploring implications for future project management based on systemic integration of conventional and agile project practices.Norbert Schaffitzel:DB Systel GmbH, 60329 Frankfurtstudied economics in Freiburg and Berlin with specialization in Business Informatics and marketing of investment goods. Since 1988 he has been working in enterprise IT, initially as a software developer and subsequently as project manager on different projects at DB Systel GmbH, the IT service provider for Deutsche Bahn AG. Since 2012 his special interest has been the implementation of Agile Management techniques in projects of large organizations and the transformation of project teams by using agile practices. To...
