Curriculum Vitae
Joachim Pfeffer, born in 1974, specialised in "Agile Product Development" and "Lean Development" after studying electrical engineering and working in various positions as a developer. In addition to his work as a consultant and trainer, Mr Pfeffer regularly gives talks on the topics of "Embedded Agile Development", "Agile Management" and "Agile Team-Building" at international conferences, runs a blog on agile development and agile companies (joachim-pfeffer.com) and is a lecturer at Ravensburg Weingarten University (RWU).
Knowledge and main topics
- Agility/lean development also in mechanics and electronics
- Scaling of Kanban and Scrum
- Agile transformations
- Development and implementation of trainings in the area of Lean/Agile in embedded development
- Throughput optimisation in development and administration (TOC/Kanban)
- QM systems, Automotive SPICE, ISO26262
- Safety Management Systems/Functional Safety
Project Experience (Selection)
Various trainings and workshops with different clients, mostly with focus on the Scaled Agile Framework, Agile Systems Engineering, Agile in Automotive
Preparation and delivery of standard Scaled Agile Inc. trainings, design, preparation and delivery of customer-specific trainings and workshops in the context of several SAFe transformations.
Consulting/Coaching Scrum for Task Forces
Improving the task force organisation at various automotive suppliers by combining Lean problem solving approaches with Scrum.
- Consultant
- Trainer
- Coaching during implementation
Consulting/Coaching SAFe in embedded software development with ASPICE
Introduction of SAFe in software development (400 developers), parallel optimisation of processes and documents in preparation for an Automotive SPICE Assessment.
- Consultant
- Trainer (SAFe standard training)
- Automotive SPICE Assessor
- Coaching during implementation
Consulting/coaching agile transformation in medical technology
Accompaniment of an agile transformation with OpenSpace Agility, consulting on Scrum in medical technology.
- Consultant/Trainer
- OSA coach
- Coaching of management/developers
Consulting Scrum introduction in mechanical engineering
Development of a machine (electronics, software, mechanics) with Scrum.
- Consultant
- Workshops for concept development
- Training of all participants
- Coaching during implementation
Consulting Scrum introduction in electronics development
Development of power electronics for electromobility with Scrum.
- Consultant
- Training of all participants
- Coaching during implementation
Consulting Lean Development in semiconductor development
Throughput optimisation in product development with queue optimisation, pull systems, Scrum, Kanban.
- Consultant
- Trainer (Manager / Developer)
- Workshops for concept development
- Coaching during implementation
Consulting/coaching SAFe in the field of autonomous driving
SAFe for the development of an autonomous vehicle with 50 teams.
- Consultant
- Workshops for concept development
- Accompaniment of PI plannings
Consulting/coaching SAFe in special vehicle construction
SAFe for ECU and test infrastructure development with 5 teams.
- Consultant
- Workshops for concept development
- Training of all participants
- Coaching during implementation
Scaling agile teams in IT with SAFe
Restructuring the way of working in a group IT with agile approaches/SAFe.
- Consultant
- Training of all involved
- Workshops for concept development
- Coaching during implementation
Conception and coaching for the optimisation of task forces with Scrum
Analysis, concept development and coaching for the adaptation of Scrum at internationally operating quality task forces in the automotive industry.
- Consultant
- Workshops for concept development
- Training of all participants
- Coaching during implementation
Coaching of a Scrum team in the development of control units
Setting up and coaching SCRUM teams in embedded development.
- Consultant
- Workshops for concept development
- Training of all participants
- Coaching during implementation
Coaching a pre-development team in the use of Scrum
Coaching of a cross-domain Scrum team in the pre-development of an ECU.
- Consultant
- Training of all participants
- Workshops for concept development
- Coaching during implementation