Dr. Tobias Hildenbrand
Associate Lecturer
Contact
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Office hours by appointment.
Research Interest
- Distributed/Collaborative Software Development (Methods and Tools)
- Requirements Management, esp. Traceability and Rationale Management
- Empirical Software Engineering (Method and Tool Evaluation)
- Social Networks in Distributed Software Development
- Component-Based Software Engineering
Education
- University of Mannheim 9/1999 - 6/2004
Degree: Diploma in Business Administration and Computer Science (“Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker”)
Majors: Business Software Engineering, Business Information Systems, Computer Science, Marketing
Student Research Project:
"Information Retrieval und Suchmaschinen: Implementierung einer generischen Suchfunktion in einem J2EE Web Application Framework mittels Apache Lucene"
Diploma Thesis:
"Critical Analysis of Existing Development Methodologies in Software Engineering and Design of a Reference Process for Collaborative Business Software Development"
Doctoral Thesis:
"Improving Traceability in Distributed Collaborative Software Development - A Design Science Approach"

- Internships:
Hildenbrand GmbH (not related, 5 months)
alltours flugreisen gmbh (3 months)
Student Research Assistant in Information Systems (4 years) - Hebelgymnasium Schwetzingen 1989 – 1998
Degree: German Comprehensive Secondary School Diploma (Abitur)
Majors: Mathematics and English
Projects
- CollaBaWü (Collaborative, Component-Based Business Application Software Development within the Financial Service Provider Domain in “Baden-Wuerttemberg”)
- CollaBaWü-Website: Deutsche Version English Version
- V-TRaM - Visual Traceability and Rationale Management
Publications
Monographs
- Hildenbrand, Tobias (2009)
"Kollaborative Softwareerstellung: Entwicklung eines Referenzprozesses zurkollaborativen Erstellung von Unternehmenssoftware", VDM Verlag Dr. Müller - Hildenbrand, Tobias (2008)
"Improving Traceability in Distributed Collaborative Software Development - A Design Science Approach", Peter Lang Publishing Group
Journals
- Hildenbrand, Tobias and Rothlauf, Franz and Heinzl, Armin (2007)
"Ansätze zur kollaborativen Softwareerstellung"
In: WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK, Volume 49 (Sonderheft), pp S72-S80 - Redmiles, David and van der Hoek, André and Al-Ani, Ban and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Quirk, Stephen and Sarma, Anita and Silveira Silva Filho, Roberto and de Souza, Cleidson and Trainer, Erik (2007)
"Continuous Coordination: A New Paradigm to Support Globally Distributed Software Development Projects"
In: WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK, Volume 49 (Sonderheft), pp S28-S38 - Geisser, Michael and Heinzl, Armin and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Rothlauf, Franz (2007)
"Verteiltes, internetbasiertes Requirements-Engineering"
In: WIRTSCHAFTISINFORMATIK, Volume 49 (3), pp 199-207 - Geisser, Michael and Herrmann, Andrea and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Illes-Seifert, Timea (2007)
"Verteilte Softwareentwicklung und Requirements-Engineering: Ergebnisse einer Online-Umfrage"
In: OBJEKTspektrum, Volume 2007 (6), pp 40-51 - Hildenbrand, Tobias and Korchminskaya, Alla and Oswald, Stephan and Bieber, Eike and Berchez, Jean-Pierre and Maché, Niels (2007)
"Konzeption einer Kollaborationsplattform für die zwischenbetriebliche Softwareerstellung"
In: WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK, Volume 49, pp 247-256 - Hildenbrand, Tobias and Geisser, Michael and Nospers, Markus (2006)
"Die Übertragbarkeit der Open Source-Entwicklungsmethodik in die Unternehmenspraxis"
In: Softwaretechnik-Trends, Volume 26 (1), pp 37-42 - Geisser, Michael and Hildenbrand, Tobias (2006)
"Agiles, verteiltes Requirements-Engineering mit Wikis und einer kollaborativen Softwareentwicklungsplattform"
In: OBJEKTspektrum, Volume 2006 (6), pp 36-41 - Hildenbrand, Tobias (2005)
"Über die Zukunft der deutschen Software Industrie"
In: Softwaretechnik-Trends, Volume Band 25, Heft 3, pp -
Chapter in Book
- Hildenbrand, Tobias and Heinzl, Armin and Geisser, Michael and Klimpke, Lars and Acker, Thomas (2009)
"A Visual Approach to Traceability and Rationale Management in Distributed Collaborative Software Development"
In: Heinzl, Armin and Dadam, Peter and Kirn, Stefan and Lockemann, Peter (eds): Lecture Notes in Informatics, P-151, PRIMIUM - Process Innovation for Enterprise Software, pp 161-178, Koellen, Mannheim - Geisser, Michael and Happel, Hans-Jörg and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Seedorf, Stefan (2008)
"Einsatzpotentiale von Wikis in der Softwareentwicklung am Beispiel von Requirements Engineering und Traceability Management"
In: Thomas Döbler (eds): Social Software in Unternehmen, pp 85-96, edition 451, Stuttgart - Gunnar Kurtz and Michael Geisser and Tobias Hildenbrand and Thomas Kude (2008)
"Mobile Technologies in Requirements Engineering"
In: Advances in Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering, pp -, Springer Netherlands - Geisser, Michael and Hildenbrand, Tobias (2006)
"A Method for Collaborative Requirements Elicitation and Decision-Supported Requirements Analysis"
In: Ochoa, Sergio F. and Roman, Gruia-Catalin (eds): IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, Volume 219, Advanced Software Engineering: Expanding the Frontiers of Software Technology, pp 108-122, Springer, Boston - Hildenbrand, Tobias and Arndt, Jens and Nospers, Markus (2006)
"Die Veränderung der Softwareerstellung durch Open Source"
In: baden-württemberg connected (eds): OPEN SOURCE in der Finanzbranche - Erfolgsfaktoren, Chancen und Risiken: Eine Studie mit Referenzprojekten und einer wissenschaftlichen Kommentierung, pp 3-8, Stuttgart
Proceedings
- Heinzl, Armin and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Kude, Thomas (2009)
"Introduction to Concepts, Methods, and Tools for Collaborative IS Development Minitrack"
In: Ralph H. Sprague Jr. (eds): Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-42), pp 10-10, IEEE Computer Society, Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii, USA - Kramer, Tommi and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Acker, Thomas (2009)
"Enabling Social Network Analysis in Distributed Collaborative Software Development"
In: Fraunhofer Institute Experimental Software Engineering (eds): Accepted for Publication in the Proceedings of the International Workshop on Software ENgineering within Social software Environments (SENSE09) in conjunction with the Conference on Software Engineering (SE2009), pp -, Kaiserslautern, Germany - Klimpke, Lars and Hildenbrand, Tobias (2009)
"Towards End-to-End Traceability: Insights and Implications from Five Case Studies"
In: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'09) - honored with Best Paper Award, pp 465-470, Porto, Portugal - Scheibmayr, Sven and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Geisser, Michael (2009)
"An Experimental, Tool-Based Evaluation of Requirements Prioritization Techniques in Distributed Settings"
In: Accepted for the Fifteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), San Francisco, California, pp - - Hildenbrand, Tobias and Rothlauf, Franz and Geisser, Michael and Heinzl, Armin and Kude, Thomas (2008)
"Approaches to Collaborative Software Development"
In: Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Engineering Complex Distributed Systems (ECDS 2008) in conjunction with International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS 2008), pp 523-528, IEEE Computer Society, Barcelona, Spain - Hildenbrand, Tobias and Geisser, Michael and Kude, Thomas and Bruch, Denis and Acker, Thomas (2008)
"Agile Methodologies for Distributed Collaborative Development of Enterprise Applications"
In: Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Engineering Complex Distributed Systems (ECDS 2008) in conjunction with International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS 2008), pp 540-545, IEEE Computer Society, Barcelona, Spain - Aleksy, Markus and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Obergfell, Claudia and Schwind, Michael (2008)
"A Pragmatic Approach to Traceability in Model-Driven Development"
In: Proceedings of the Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2008 (MKWI'08), pp -, Munich, Germany - Geisser, Michael and Happel, Hans-Jörg and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Korthaus, Axel and Seedorf, Stefan (2008)
"New Applications for Wikis in Software Engineering"
In: Proceedings of the PRIMIUM Subconference at the Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2008 (MKWI'08), pp -, Munich, Germany - Hildenbrand, Tobias and Geisser, Michael and Klimpke, Lars and Acker, Thomas (2008)
"Designing and Implementing a Tool for Distributed Collaborative Traceability and Rationale Management"
In: Proceedings of the PRIMIUM Subconference at the Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2008 (MKWI'08), pp -, Munich, Germany - Riegel, Norman and Branding, Holger and Geisser, Michael and Hildenbrand, Tobias (2008)
"A Portal for Cross-Administrative Acquisition and Specification of Software Requirements"
In: Proceedings of the PRIMIUM Subconference at the Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2008 (MKWI'08), pp -, Munich, Germany - Berkling, Kay and Geisser, Michael and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Rothlauf, Franz (2007)
"Offshore Software Development: Transferring Research Findings into the Classroom"
In: Meyer, Bertrand (ETH Zurich) (eds): Proceedings of the First International Conference on Software Engineering Approaches For Offshore and Outsourced Development (SEAFOOD'07), pp 1-18, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Zurich, Switzerland - Rodriguez, Felix and Berkling, Kay and Geisser, Michael and Hildenbrand, Tobias (2007)
"Evaluating Collaboration Platforms for Offshore Software Development Scenarios"
In: Meyer, Bertrand (ETH Zurich) (eds): Proceedings of the First International Conference on Software Engineering Approaches For Offshore and Outsourced Development (SEAFOOD'07), pp 96-108, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Zurich, Switzerland - Hildenbrand,Tobias and de Souza ,Cleidson R. B. and Redmiles, David (2007)
"Towards Visualization and Analysis of Traceability Relationships in Distributed and Offshore Software Development Projects"
In: Meyer, Bertrand (ETH Zurich) (eds): Proceedings of the First International Conference on Software Engineering Approaches For Offshore and Outsourced Development (SEAFOOD'07), pp 182-199, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Zurich, Switzerland - Butter, Thomas and Rothlauf, Franz and Grahl, Jörn and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Arndt, Jens (2007)
"Genetic Algorithms for Finding Optimal Genetic Algorithms for Finding Optimal Strategies for a Student’s Game"
In: Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games, pp -, IEEE Computer Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - Timea Illes-Seifert and Andrea Herrmann and Michael Geisser and Tobias Hildenbrand (2007)
"The Challenges of Distributed Software Engineering and Requirements Engineering: Results of an Online Survey"
In: Proceedings of the 1st International Global Requirements Engineering Workshop (GREW´07), pp 55-65, Munich, Germany - Geisser, Michael and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Rothlauf, Franz and Atkinson, Colin (2007)
"An Evaluation Method for Requirements Engineering Approaches in Distributed Software Development Projects"
In: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'07), pp 39-39, IEEE Computer Society, Cap Esterel, France - Geisser, Michael and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Rothlauf, Franz and Atkinson, Colin (2007)
"An Overview of Current Evaluation Practices in Software Engineering"
In: Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Experience on Applying Quantitative and Qualitative Empiricism to Software Engineering (Workshop Series on Empirical Software Engineering - WSESE'07), pp 53-58, Fraunhofer IESE, Riga, Latvia - Jens Arndt and Astrid Behm and Michael Geisser and Hans-Jörg Happel and Armin Heinzl and Tobias Hildenbrand and Volker Kuttruff and Peter C. Lockemann and Asarnusch Rashid and Fabian Schäfer and Stefan Seedorf and Michael Schwind and Jan Wiesenberger (2007)
"Das Projekt CollaBaWue - praxisnahe Grundlagenforschung zur Industrialisierung der Softwareentwicklung"
In: Klaus Haasis and Armin Heinzl and Dieter Klumpp (eds): Tagungsband zum do it.software-forschungstag 2007, pp 198-211 - Butter, Thomas and Rothlauf, Franz and Grahl, Jörn and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Arndt, Jens (2006)
"Genetic Algorithms and Mixed Integer Linear Programs for Optimal Strategies in a Student's "Sports" Activity (Poster)"
In: GECCO 2006: Proceedings of the 2006 conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation, pp - - Hildenbrand, T. and Korthaus, A. (2004)
"A Model-Driven Approach to Business Software Engineering"
In: Proceedings of the 8th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2004), Volume IV Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: I, pp 74-79, IIIS, Orlando, Florida, USA - Korthaus, A. and Hildenbrand, T. (2003)
"Creating a Java- and CORBA-Based Enterprise Knowledge Grid Using Topic Maps"
In: Cheung, W.K., and Ye, Y. (eds): Proceedings of the Workshop on Knowledge Grid and Grid Intelligence, pp 207-218, IEEE, Halifax , Canada
Others
- Hildenbrand,Tobias (2009)
"Report of the HICSS-42 Workshop on Concepts, Methods, and Tools for Collaborative IS Development – Prevailing Issues and Future Research"
In: Shidler College of Business University of Hawai'i at Manao (eds): HICSS Symposium and Workshop Reports and Monographs, pp - - Berchez, Jean Pierre and Geisser, Michael and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Seedorf, Stefan (2007)
"Wikis in der Softwareentwicklung"
In: Schanzenbach, Tina (eds): Podcasts des Forschungsverbunds PRIMIUM, pp -, MFG Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart - Korchminskaya, Alla (2006)
"Analyse und Gestaltung einer Kollaborationsplattform für die zwischenbetriebliche Softwareerstellung bei kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen"
In: Hildenbrand, Tobias (eds): Diplomarbeit, pp 1-97, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim - Oswald, Stephan (2006)
"Barrieren und Treiber der zwischenbetrieblichen Softwareerstellung am Beispiel kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen"
In: Hildenbrand, Tobias (eds): Diplomarbeit, pp 1-111, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim
Working Papers
- Dibbern, Jens and Geisser, Michael and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Heinzl, Armin
Working Paper 5/2009
Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of an ICT-Supported Collaboration Methodology for Distributed Requirements Determination - Michael Geisser and Hans-Jörg Happel and Tobias Hildenbrand and Stefan Seedorf
Working Paper 7/2007
(Paper 7a/2007) Einsatzpotentiale von Wikis in der Softwareentwicklung am Beispiel von Requirements Engineering und Traceability Management - Hildenbrand, Tobias and Geisser, Michael and Klimpke, Lars
Working Paper 5/2007
Konzeption und Implementierung eines Werkzeugs für nutzenbasiertes Traceability- und Rationale-Management in verteilten Entwicklungsumgebungen - Hildenbrand, Tobias and Geisser, Michael and Bruch, Denis
Working Paper 4/2007
Analyzing the Applicability of an Agile Methodology to Distributed Collaborative Software Development - Michael Geisser and Tobias Hildenbrand and Norman Riegel
Working Paper 2/2007
Evaluating the Applicability of Requirements Engineering Tools for Distributed Software Development - Hildenbrand, Tobias and Korchminskaya, Alla and Oswald, Stephan and Bieber, Eike and Maché, Niels
Working Paper 1/2007
Analyse der Barrieren und Treiber zwischenbetrieblicher Softwareerstellung und Konstruktion einer Kollaborationsplattform für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen - Hildenbrand,Tobias and de Souza ,Cleidson R. B. and Redmiles, David
Working Paper 18/2006
Toward Visualization and Analysis of Traceability Relationships in Distributed and Offshore Software Development Projects - Butter, Thomas and Rothlauf, Franz and Grahl, Jörn and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Arndt, Jens
Working Paper 11/2006
Developing Genetic Algorithms and Mixed Integer Linear Programs for Finding Optimal Strategies for a Student's "Sports" Activity - Hildenbrand, Tobias and Rothlauf, Franz
Working Paper 6/2006
Ansätze zur kollaborativen Softwareerstellung - Hildenbrand, Tobias and Geisser, Michael and Nospers, Markus
Working Paper 5/2006
Analyse der Übertragbarkeit der Open Source-Entwicklungsmethodik in den kommerziellen Bereich - Rashid, Asarnusch and Behm, Astrid and Geisser, Michael and Hildenbrand, Tobias
Working Paper 3/2006
Kollaborative Softwareentwicklung - Zum Kollaborationsbegriff - Hildenbrand, Tobias and Behm, Astrid and Rashid, Asarnusch and Geisser, Michael
Working Paper 2/2006
Entwicklungsmethodiken zur kollaborativen Softwareerstellung –- Stand der Technik - Geisser, Michael and Hildenbrand, Tobias and Klimpke, Lars and Rashid, Asarnusch
Working Paper 1/2006
Werkzeuge zur kollaborativen Softwareerstellung -- Stand der Technik - Geisser, Michael and Hildenbrand, Tobias
Working Paper 6/2005
Eine Methode zur kollaborativen Anforderungserhebung und entscheidungsunterstützenden Anforderungsanalyse - Tobias Hildenbrand and Jens Arndt and Markus Nospers
Working Paper 5/2005
Die Veränderung der Softwareerstellung durch Open Source - Hildenbrand, Tobias and Schwind, Michael
Working Paper 3/2005
Ansätze der Forschung zur Unterstützung der Entwicklung von Softwarekomponenten - Ralf Gitzel and Tobias Hildenbrand
Working Paper 2/2005
A Taxonomy of Metamodel Hierarchies
Lectures and Talks
- Full Term Lecture, Fall Semester 2009, at the University of Mannheim, Germany: "Globally Distributed Software Development" (GDSD)
- Guest Lecture, at the itemis AG, 11/24/2008, Bonn: "Verbesserung der Traceability in der verteilten, kollaborativen Softwareentwicklung"
- Full Term Lecture, Fall Semester 2008, at the University of Mannheim, Germany: "Globally Distributed Software Development" (GDSD)
- TaSK Forum, 06/05/2008 at the University of Mannheim, Germany: “Verbesserung der Nachvollziehbarkeit und Prozesstransparenz in verteilten, kollaborativen Softwareentwicklungsprojekten“
- Guest Lecture, 05/28/2008 at the University of Mannheim, Germany: “Daten- und Wissensmanagement in der Softwareentwicklung”
- Conference Talk at the Second Workshop on Engineering Complex Distributed Systems (ECDS 2008) in conjunction with International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS 2008), 03/05/2008 in Barcelona, Spain: "Approaches to Collaborative Software Development".
- Conference Talk at the Second Workshop on Engineering Complex Distributed Systems (ECDS 2008) in conjunction with International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS 2008), 03/05/2008 in Barcelona, Spain: "Agile Methodologies for Distributed Collaborative Development of Enterprise Applications".
- Conference Talk at the PRIMIUM Subconference at the Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2008 (MKWI'08), 02/26/2008 in Munich, Germany: "Designing and Implementing a Tool for Distributed Collaborative Traceability and Rationale Management".
- Workshop Talk 02/15/2008 in Würzburg, Germany: "Improving Traceability in Distributed Collaborative Software Development: Results from a Design Science Research Approach".
- CollaBaWü-Quarterly Workshop, 04/27/2007, University of Mannheim, "Visualization and Analysis of Traceability Relationships in Distributed Software Development".
- Conference Talk at the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games, 04/03/2007 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: "Genetic Algorithms for Finding Optimal Strategies for a Student's Game".
- Conference Talk at the REConf 2007 - 6. Requirements Engineering Tagung, 03/07/2007, München: "CodeBeamer for Requirements Engineering in Distributed Scenarios -- Global verteilte Softwareentwicklung im Projekt 'Borderless Brain'"; with Michael Geisser.
- Lecture at the University of Mannheim, Germany, 02/26/2007: "Tools for Collaborative Software Development" together with Michael Geisser
- Workshop Talk 01/16/2007 in Bad Hersfeld, Germany: "Evaluation von Requirements Engineering und Traceability Management Methoden in der verteilten Softwareentwicklung" with Michael Geisser
- Conference Talk at the first International Conference on Software Engineering Approaches For Offshore and Outsourced Development (SEAFOOD) in Zurich, Switzerland, 6 February 2007: " Towards Visualization and Analysis of Traceability Relationships in Distributed and Offshore Software Development Projects".
- Conference Talk at the first International Conference on Software Engineering Approaches For Offshore and Outsourced Development (SEAFOOD) in Zurich, Switzerland, 5 February 2007: "Offshore Software Development: Transferring Research Findings into the Classroom" with Kay Berkling (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico) and Michael Geisser.
- CollaBaWü-Quarterly Workshop, 01/19/2007, FZI in Karlsruhe, "Social Network Analysis in Software Engineering".
- Guest Lecture at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, 12/15/2006, Mainz: "Wiki-Systeme als Medium zur Zusammenarbeit und Kommunikation in der Softwareentwicklung"; together with Michael Geisser.
- PRIMIUM Workshop, 11/15/2006, Stuttgart: "Innovative Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Wikis in Softwareprozessen"; with Michael Geisser and Stefan Seedorf.
- Seminar Talk 10/26/2006, Irvine, USA: "Social Network Analysis Data Collection Techniques in Open Source Software Development Projects".
- Seminar Talk 10/19/2006, Irvine, USA: "Social Network Analysis in Open Source Software Development Projects".
- Continuous Coordination Project Meeting 08/10/2006, Irvine, USA: "Improving Traceability in Distributed Software Development Projects".
- Workshop "Social Software in der Wertschöpfung", 07/18/2006, Stuttgart: "Einsatzpotentiale von Wikis in der Softwareentwicklung"; with Michael Geisser and Stefan Seedorf.
- Expertenforum „Herausforderungen und erfolgversprechende Lösungsansätze bei verteilten Softwareprojekten", 06/19/2006 - 06/28/2006, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, München, Stuttgart: "Wiki als Medium zur Zusammenarbeit und Kommunikation in Projekten"; with Michael Geisser.
- Doctoral Colloquium 05/26/2006 in Mannheim, Germany: "Kollaborative Softwareerstellung im Forschungsprojekt 'CollaBaWü'" with Jens Arndt and Michael Geisser.
- Seminar Talk 04/05/2006 in Mannheim, Germany: "Nutzung von Open Source-Entwicklungsplattformen im Unternehmenskontext".
- Workshop "Semantische Technologien zur Unterstützung von Softwareprozessen" held 04/03/2006 at the Fraunhofer IESE in Kaiserslautern, Germany: "Kollaboratives Requirements Engineering" with Michael Geisser.
- Workshop Talk 03/24/2006 in Rossdorf, Germany: "Ansätze zur Integration von Open Source-Entwicklungsmethoden und -werkzeugen im Unternehmenskontext".
- Conference Talk REConf 2006 - 5. Requirements Engineering Tagung, 03/07/2006, München: "Collaborative Software Requirements Engineering with Wiki and CodeBeamer"; with Michael Geisser.
- bwcon Business Software Forum 09/23/2004 in Stuttgart, Germany: "Ansätze der Forschung zur Unterstützung der Entwicklung von Softwarekomponenten".
- Conference Talk, at the IEEE Workshop on Knowledge Grid and Grid Intelligence, 10/13/2003 in Halifax, Canada: "Creating a Java- and CORBA-Based Enterprise Knowledge Grid Using Topic Maps".





