Silke von der Bruck

Silke von der Bruck works as a Business Analyst at Accenture Germany.

After working in waterfall methodologies for a few years Silke first encountered Agile in a new team that started working agile in order to handle the fast changing requirements it was facing. Getting to know agile methodologies and understanding the true value of abandoning detailed plans and work protocols was eye-opening for her. Her team mates were synchronizing a lot and thus avoided building the wrong thing early on.

Silke then became part of the transition team that with the help of an Agile Coach tried to figure out how to turn this still chaotic team into a team working effectively using Scrum. Silke also became Product Owner for this team and learned how to do Requirements Engineering in agile surroundings. It was more exhausting because developers would ask critical questions especially as to why a certain feature should be built. Many sometimes heated discussions happened then but the result was always a better understanding of where the product should go.

Working agile has becomes Silke's passion because all energy is directed into what creates real value instead of just following a plan. Silke likes working in close contact with highly motivated people who will question her whenever necessary to achieve the best possible result.

Today Silke mostly works as consultant for clients who want to develop their prodcuts in an agile way.