Publications & Talks

Team Dynamics Conference in Hamburg: Re-Teaming with Architecture for Flow

At the Team Dynamics Conference in Hamburg, Susanne Kaiser and I shared how Re-Teaming with the Architecture for Flow approach works in practice – based on our work with Pirate Ship.

Conference recap

Forum Employer Branding & New Work: Digitalization in SMEs

In this forum by DDN, I joined Lenja Vollmer from Chocoversum to explore how small and medium-sized enterprises can approach digitalization meaningfully: strategically, participatively, and in manageable steps. Using the example of introducing an employee app, we illustrated how employees can actively shape the process.

Article on the DDN website

NewCrafts Conference: A Journey of Re-Teaming Using Architecture for Flow

At the conference NewCrafts in Paris, I spoke with Susanne Kaiser about how we supported the software company Pirate Ship in scaling teams and introducing a platform team, putting Susanne's “Architecture for Flow” approach into practice.

Slides

Hello.Beta Live 25: How Teams Find Themselves – Participatory Reorganization in Practice

At Hello.Beta Live in Hamburg, I demonstrated what participatory reorganization can look like in practice. Using a case study from Pirate Ship, I explored how self-organization, participation, and clarity work together and how teams can actively shape change.

Fast Flow Conf: Team Topologies in Practice: A Journey of Re-Teaming Using Architecture for Flow

At the Fast Flow Conf NL in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, I gave a talk together with Susanne Kaiser about our work with Pirate Ship Software GmbH. We shared how we used Susanne's Architecture for Flow approach in practice for reorganizing development teams and how we relied on participatory approaches.

Video, Slides

re:hersal Conference 2025: From Overload to Flow: A Practical Story of Collaborative Team Reorganization

re*hersal aims to make the tech world more inclusive and diverse. At the conference organized by this initiative in Hamburg, I gave a talk about reorganizing development teams.

Ruby Unconf: When software development teams grow too big - learnings from slicing teams

At Ruby Unconf, a conference by and for the Ruby community, I gave a talk about slicing development teams. In the talk, I explored what makes good teams, what they need to get into flow, and what learnings I've taken from slicing development teams over the past years. I was also part of the moderation team and got to guide through the day.

O'Reilly: Git – kurz & gut (git in a nutshell) 2nd Edition

My book Git – kurz & gut has been published in its second edition. This edition includes a new chapter on how Git works. We look under the hood to better understand the version control tool. Additionally, Tim Adlercontributed a chapter on Git online services like GitHub and GitLab.

The title at O'Reilly Germany

O'Reilly: Git – kurz & gut (Git in a nutshell)

My first book was published by O'Reilly. I got to write an introduction to the standard version control tool. Git is used almost everywhere software is developed. This compact introduction supports the first steps with Git and explains everything essential in a practical way. Whether it's about versioning your own projects, contributing to open-source software, or developing in a team.

martinfowler.com: On Pair Programming

Together with Birgitta Böckelerbirgitta.info, I published a comprehensive article on pair programming on Martin Fowler's website. What is pair programming exactly, how does it work, what different approaches are there? We also take a look at the benefits and challenges that come with the practice.

Link to the article