Stefan Menschner & Alexander Weißhaupt

Breaking Silos: Successful Collaboration Between Tech & Business Teams in Complex Enterprise Systems

What if AI could act as the ultimate translator between your business and tech teams, finally breaking down organizational silos?

Breaking Silos: Successful Collaboration Between Tech & Business Teams in Complex Enterprise Systems
#1about 4 minutes

Operating at scale in the German financial sector

Finanz Informatik serves over 50 million customers and handles 205 billion transactions annually, creating a complex development environment.

#2about 6 minutes

Using AI to improve the entire development process

AI can enhance productivity not just in coding, but by optimizing surrounding tasks like log analysis and acting as a translator between siloed teams.

#3about 5 minutes

Shifting from rigid process thinking to impact thinking

Overcoming the classic tech-business divide requires teams to move beyond describing their process step and focus on their actual contribution to the final outcome.

#4about 2 minutes

Developing essential AI and human skills for modern teams

Future-proof teams require a blend of technical AI skills like data literacy, AI collaboration skills like prompt engineering, and critical human skills like creativity.

#5about 2 minutes

A practical example of an AI collaboration assistant

An AI assistant can bridge knowledge gaps by summarizing complex business specifications for developers, highlighting integration points and improving team alignment.

#6about 5 minutes

Implementing agile practices within waterfall structures

Even within rigid waterfall processes, teams can find opportunities to introduce agile elements and experiment with cross-team collaboration to improve efficiency.

#7about 3 minutes

Key takeaways for driving lasting cultural change

Successful transformation requires a long-term cultural shift built on shared goals, end-to-end responsibility, communication, and psychological safety for teams.

Related jobs
Jobs that call for the skills explored in this talk.

Featured Partners

From learning to earning

Jobs that call for the skills explored in this talk.

Backend Engineer (m/w/d)

Backend Engineer (m/w/d)

fulfillmenttools
Köln, Germany

35-65K
Intermediate
TypeScript
Agile Methodologies
Google Cloud Platform