André Claassen, Expert in Digitization

André Claaßen is a passionate digital expert. The computer scientist has more than 30 years of experience in digitization, IT projects and administration. In recent years, he has specialized in agile project management and digitization. In addition, he was enthusiastic about software architectures and the concrete use of artificial intelligence. He is convinced that digitization can only be successful if interdisciplinary thinking and work is carried out.

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From glorified backlog to customer success

Guest contribution by André Claassen, Expert in Digitization | Mar 20, 2023

The backlog as the ultimate to-do list becomes a burden, especially when it is unclear what constitutes product success. Which approach helps?

5 myths about the agile target system OKR

Guest contribution by André Claassen, Expert in Digitization | Feb 24, 2020

There are many myths surrounding Objectives and Key Results (OKR). Time for a look at the target system and the strategy, cascading and method.

The agile label fraud

Guest contribution by André Claassen, Expert in Digitization | Jul 18, 2019

Many organisations call the project manager the Scrum Master, the product manager the Product Owner. Why isn’t that a good idea?

The agile speed lie

Guest contribution by André Claassen, Expert in Digitization | Feb 11, 2019

Agile methods are designed to bring speed to slow organisations. This is misleading and has little to do with agile motives. What is Scrum & Co. really about?

Stop agility

Guest contribution by André Claassen, Expert in Digitization | Oct 11, 2018

The inflationary use of “agile” and “agility” and the associated belief in methods and recipes go too far. Stop the mania for agility! Stop agility!