For agencies and software houses

Why both?

Organisation only

Clear roles and processes stay on paper if the old tools are still running on Monday.

Two overlapping circles: organisation and digital, movement in the middle Organisation Digital Movement where I work

Software only

A new tool in unclear processes only makes the unclarity faster. Even AI helps little when nobody knows who decides what.

“Digitalization without organizational development fails. Organizational development without digitalization stays theory.”

I make companies ready for your software.

Why both, in detail on the blog

How we work together

1

Looking closely before you quote

Organisation

You check whether it can be built. I check whether it will land: with the people who start, handle and file the process. What we clarify goes into the quote.

2

You build

Software

You build the piece that will last, where people already work, and small enough to be running in weeks.

3

Working with it

Both

People use it every day. I stay on it when the process stalls, you when the software does.

4

Next step

Both

What we learned decides the next process. We plan the next step, not the one after.

What everyone gets

I ask the uncomfortable questions about roles and decisions and set change in motion, you build and run, and neither of us alone gets software into the daily work of a company.

For you

Customers who know what they want, because roles and processes are clarified along the way, and you write fewer change requests. Software that gets used, because someone works with the people and not only with the requirements. Projects from my work with managing directors that need to be built. And your customers stay your customers.

For your customers

One contact for software and ways of working instead of two providers with two contracts and two opinions. Small steps instead of one big launch, and after every step something that runs in daily work.

For me

A team that carries what I cannot carry alone: development over months, operation over years. That lets me take on projects larger than one person. And I work with companies where digitalisation is on the agenda right now.

Who I work with

Agencies and software houses that work with me in rounds: they build and run, I develop the organisation alongside.

Software house

lenne.Tech

Software house from Lennestadt. Develops custom web applications, platforms and interfaces for mid-sized companies and agencies and runs them over the long term.

When I bring them in

When a solution grows beyond a prototype and has to run for years. lenne.Tech builds along, takes over development and operation on request and stays available afterwards.

  • Custom web applications and platforms
  • Interfaces between systems
Visit lenne.Tech

Securing knowledge

beyond.audio

AI knowledge management from Dortmund. Draws on-the-job experience out of people in moderated interviews and, with its own AIKT® method, makes it available as a chatbot, a learning companion or via NFC right at the object.

When I bring them in

When important knowledge lives only in the heads of experienced people and is about to leave with them. beyond.audio draws it out, I make sure it is used and kept up to date in daily work.

  • Capturing experience through interviews (AIKT®)
  • AI chatbot as a knowledge base
Visit beyond.audio

„Only together do we solve the problems of today's working world.“

Michael Schiller

Let's talk for 30 minutes.

You run an agency or a software house and know projects that were technically finished and still did not land in the company? Tell me about them, and I will tell you honestly whether I can help.

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What others say

„Mit Michaels Expertise wurde Delegation Poker zum Schlüssel für klare Führungsrollen und Vertrauen, ein echter Gewinn für unsere Transformation zur ‚Geteilten Führung‘!“

Thomas Kopatz, Development Director communicode AG

„Dass Michael schon eine ganze Reihe an Organisationen, Menschen, Strukturen und Prozessen kennengelernt hat, setzt er ein, um bestmögliche Lösungen zu finden. Michael ist ein absolut enthusiastischer Mensch, der nicht müde wird, Dinge zu hinterfragen mit dem Ziel, sie für alle Beteiligten zu verbessern.“

Stephan Franke communicode AG

„Die Zusammenarbeit mit Michael Schiller ist absolut empfehlenswert! Als versierter Experte bringt er sowohl Praxiserfahrung mit und ist vertraut mit diversen, abwechslungsreichen Methoden sowie der nötigen theoretischen Einordnung.“

Mara Erlinghagen communicode AG

„Michael lebt für die Veränderung. […] Perspektivwechsel anzuregen, Standpunkte klar zu vertreten und den Menschen, deren Prozesse und Strukturen Michael verändert, zuzuhören und sie von Anfang mit auf diesen Weg zu nehmen, sind seine Stärken.“

Stephan Franke COO Communicode AG

„Als Mentor […] hat er mich unterstützt, mit Beobachtungen von außen aufgebaut und mir kontinuierlich gute Impulse gegeben. […] Er hat vorgelebt, dass es dabei immer vor allem um den Mensch und oft um die Fragestellung ‚Was ist eigentlich das Problem?‘ geht.“

Jan Lensing Scrum Master, comnovo

„Through his very good knowledge of human nature, his positive thinking and acting and his creative ideas, he actively supports the further development of his environment and the respective organisation. He addresses critical issues, provides potential solutions and options. […]“

Lars Gentschs Architekt und Leiter Entwicklung

„Michael is a very stable person who is not scared to challenge his ideas and to leave his comfort zone for the sake of a product and the satisfaction of the users. […] Despite his highly technical expertise he is totally open and ready to discuss not only design propositions but also design oriented working methods […].“

Virginie Caplet Product Design Manager, babbel

„Michael is a very strategic working and thinking guy, but has always an eye on details within development. […] He is also an excellent team lead and very organized and solution-focused. […] I really appreciated the work with him.“

Thomas Franks Director Engineering SW Services Cross-Platform Solutions

„He understands the complexity of problems, talks to the concerned people to convey the problem in an understandable manner and does a great job with prioritisation and negotiation. He keeps in great touch with the team and strives to ensure that tension and pressure does not affect the team […].“

Dinesh Vasudevans Staff Software Developer

„Michael is a coach at heart. He lives and breathes agile principles, is open-minded, full of ideas and curiosity […]. His focus on vision, future and possibilities make challenges doable and are an asset in any project.“

Christine Prechsl UX Design, Product Management, Beratung, dyve GmbH

„As internal stakeholder, I always enjoyed working with Michael! He's a very intelligent and well-structured guy and helped me a lot in making projects happen.“

Crisi Kabischs CRM / Marketing / NGO project management

„Er schafft es, komplexe Inhalte so zu vermitteln, dass Menschen verstehen, worum es wirklich geht. Dabei betrachtet er Digitalisierung und Veränderung nicht nur aus technischer Sicht, sondern bezieht die Menschen mit ein, die am Ende damit arbeiten und die getroffenen Entscheidungen mittragen müssen. […] Michael sprüht vor Ideen, bleibt aber nicht bei Ideen stehen.“

Maik Büdenbender ennit GmbH

„Unsere Maschinen warten wir, bevor etwas kaputtgeht. Bei uns Menschen machen wir es oft andersherum. Als Chefin trifft man viele Entscheidungen allein. Der Blick von außen sortiert die Gedanken und stellt die Fragen, die im Alltag niemand stellt. Ich arbeite dafür mit Michael Schiller zusammen und weiß, wie wertvoll das ist, bevor etwas schiefläuft.“

Katharina Hartmann, Geschäftsführerin innospan GmbH

Frequently asked questions

  • Does SCHILLER take over the agency's customer relationship?
    No. The agency leads the customer relationship and builds the software. Michael Schiller works alongside with the people in the company on roles, decisions and processes. The agency's customers remain its customers.
  • When does Michael Schiller join an agency project?
    Ideally before the quote: the agency checks whether the project can be built, he checks whether it will land in the company. What gets clarified about roles and decisions is in the quote before it goes out.
  • What do agencies and software houses gain from working together?
    Customers who know what they want, because roles and processes are clarified along the way, and fewer change requests. Software that gets used, because someone works with the people and not only with the requirements. And projects from his work with managing directors that need to be built.