Lenny Daume
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USU AG | Business Solutions Logo

USU AG | Business Solutions

Bonn

Java Team Lead & Project Manager at USU

Java Team-Lead | Project Manager

April 2016 - August 2016
5 months
Full-time
Consulting
Bonn

Relevance

Why this case matters

This framing makes the decision signal explicit: impact, proof, fit, and AI / delivery relevance for hiring or collaboration.

System impact

Connected Java team leadership, portal project management, and Tech Board work while making project delivery more visible and agile.

AI / delivery relevance

The case shows the base of modern delivery systems: technical leadership, clear steering, visible work, and better handoffs between management and implementation.

Team LeadershipPortal DeliveryTech BoardScrum Introduction

Proof

7

Consultants led

4

Consultants in portal delivery

Tech Board

Strategy work

Especially relevant for

  • For organizations that need technical leadership, project steering, and strategy work in one profile.
  • For teams moving from classic project work toward more visible agile delivery.

Case context

Overview

USU combined Java team leadership, portal project management, and strategic technology work. I led 7 consultants in the Bonn branch, contributed to the Tech Board of USU Business Solutions, and handled team coaching, management reporting, and strategic IT decisions.

Portal project management for a team of 4 consultants during an agile transition: strategy workshop with external board members, Scrum introduction, and a move toward a more agile working mode. Effort estimation, proposals, status meetings, and monthly billing made project steering visible.

Responsibility

Activities

  • Strategic Leadership: Member of the strategic "Tech-Board" of USU AG, technological strategy development
  • Team Management: Leadership of 7 consultants, team coaching, employee discussions, management reporting
  • Project Leadership: Portal project management for 4 consultants, task assignment and control
  • Agile Transformation: Strategy workshop with external board members, SCRUM introduction, agile transition
  • Business Development: Effort estimations, proposal creation, status meetings, monthly billing

Operating mode

Methodology

  • Responsible Leadership: Team Empowerment, Accountability, Strategic Decision Making
  • Transformational Leadership: Change Management, Agile Transformation, Vision Alignment
  • Kanban: Workflow Optimization, Visual Management, Continuous Improvement
  • Agile Development: SCRUM, Iterative Development, Customer Collaboration

Technical context

Technology stack

The tools are not the point by themselves. What matters is which system layers had to work together.

6Areas
16Technologies

Backend

2
JavaLiferay

Frontend

1
JavaScript

DevOps

3
DockerContainerizationDevOps

Architecture

1
Portal Development

Tools

3
JiraConfluenceWekan

Practices

6
Project ManagementKanbanSCRUMAgile DevelopmentDocumentationReporting

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