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IT · AI · Strategy – 60 minutes

Expert session

A neutral assessment based on many years of project experience in IT and AI.

Your expert: Manuel Fernandez · Managing Director of dip since 2013, IT consultant for more than 20 years in strategic and hands-on delivery projects.

Book now for €250
  • €297.50 incl. VAT
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  • via Microsoft Teams

Occasions

What an expert session is good for

  • Sparring and orientation in the age of AI

    For entrepreneurs, managing directors and leaders: how to position yourself and your company in the age of AI – opportunities, risks, first steps.

  • Sparring partner for IT management

    An independent counterpart for heads of IT and CIOs.

  • Sparring for business leaders

    Better assess and steer IT topics, projects and providers.

  • Second opinion

    An independent view of a plan, concept or quotation – before you decide.

  • Overview of an unfamiliar topic

    Cloud, AI or security put into context.

  • Project and status check

    Status, risks and next steps of your initiative.

  • Reviewing tenders and requirements

    Complete, clear, feasible?

  • Tool and vendor selection

    Sharpen criteria, compare options transparently.

  • Decision paper

    Structure options, arguments and open points.

Occasions

Sparring and orientation in the age of AI

For entrepreneurs, managing directors and leaders: how to position yourself and your company in the age of AI – opportunities, risks, first steps.

Examples of how the session can help

  • Which tasks in your company can realistically be supported by AI – and which cannot (yet).
  • Sensible first steps: pilot, data, responsibilities and data protection.
  • A sober assessment of offers and promises around AI tools and providers.
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Occasions

Sparring partner for IT management

An independent counterpart for heads of IT and CIOs.

Examples of how the session can help

  • A counterpart for IT priorities, roadmap and budget questions.
  • Assessing architecture and platform decisions, e.g. cloud or own operations.
  • Preparing discussions with management, business units or providers.
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Occasions

Sparring for business leaders

Better assess and steer IT topics, projects and providers.

Examples of how the session can help

  • Understanding IT initiatives without being an IT expert: what matters, what is detail?
  • Asking project teams and providers the right questions.
  • Setting up collaboration with IT so that decisions become clearer.
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Occasions

Second opinion

An independent view of a plan, concept or quotation – before you decide.

Examples of how the session can help

  • Reviewing a concept or quotation for gaps, assumptions and risks.
  • Checking effort, schedule and approach for plausibility.
  • Clear feedback: what speaks for it, what against, what should be clarified first?
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Occasions

Overview of an unfamiliar topic

Cloud, AI or security put into context.

Examples of how the session can help

  • Terms and connections explained clearly, e.g. cloud models, AI agents or security basics.
  • What the topic specifically means for your company.
  • Which questions to ask providers or your IT next.
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Occasions

Project and status check

Status, risks and next steps of your initiative.

Examples of how the session can help

  • A structured look at status, schedule, budget and open risks.
  • Spotting early warning signs, e.g. unclear responsibilities or growing dependencies.
  • Concrete next steps to safeguard the initiative or get it back on track.
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Occasions

Reviewing tenders and requirements

Complete, clear, feasible?

Examples of how the session can help

  • Checking specifications or requirements for completeness and clarity.
  • Pointing out ambiguous, contradictory or hard-to-verify requirements.
  • Assessing whether scope, timeframe and evaluation criteria fit together.
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Occasions

Tool and vendor selection

Sharpen criteria, compare options transparently.

Examples of how the session can help

  • Deriving and weighting criteria from your requirements.
  • Comparing shortlist and quotations transparently.
  • Addressing typical pitfalls in contracts, licences and rollout.
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Occasions

Decision paper

Structure options, arguments and open points.

Examples of how the session can help

  • Setting out options with their assumptions and risks.
  • Structuring arguments so that committees can decide quickly.
  • Naming open points that should be clarified before the decision.
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The principle

A small price for a big decision

Many decisions in IT and business quickly have an impact in the five- to six-figure range, often beyond. The assessment of an experienced expert costs only a fraction of that. It can help you avoid costly wrong decisions and is an important building block for the right decision for your company and its future.

Process

Four steps to your expert session

  1. Request

    Topic, question and preferred date – the amount is only reserved via PayPal.

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  2. Confirm

    We confirm your preferred date or suggest an alternative.

  3. Date fixed

    Only now is the amount charged. You receive the invitation and a payment receipt by email, the invoice after the appointment.

  4. Session

    60 minutes via Microsoft Teams on your question. Feel free to send documents in advance.

Confidential

  • One-to-one – your information stays between us.
  • The session is not recorded.
  • On request, we will sign a confidentiality agreement in advance.

Price

€250 net€297.50 incl. VATper session (60 minutes)

  • Charged only after confirmation
  • Invoice by email after the appointment
  • Businesses only (§ 14 German Civil Code)

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Agenda

  1. Sharpen your question and the goal of the session
  2. Current situation and constraints, based on your documents
  3. Expert assessment: options, risks, dependencies
  4. Recommendation and concrete next steps
  5. Short summary of the results

Our approach

We have seen and experienced a lot in many projects. We share this experience with you – neutrally, honestly and with a view to what makes sense for you next. The point is not to sell you a project but to help you; regularly too, as recurring sparring if you like. We support projects only subject to availability and where it is really necessary – we check our capacity in advance.

FAQ

Expert session FAQ

How do I pay?

Via PayPal: after you have filled in the form, the PayPal button appears. When you book, PayPal only reserves the amount; it is charged only when we confirm your date. With the confirmation you receive a payment receipt, and the invoice on the day after the appointment – both by email, with nothing further to pay. If no date is agreed or we do not confirm within three days, we release the reservation in full. PayPal shows the available payment methods in its payment window.

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Is it worth it for me?

Many decisions in IT and business quickly have an impact in the five- to six-figure range. An experienced, neutral assessment costs only a fraction of that and can help you avoid costly wrong decisions.

Can I cancel or reschedule?

You can cancel free of charge up to 4 hours before the start and receive the full amount back; after that, cancellation is no longer possible. Rescheduling is free of charge up to 24 hours before.

Will you try to sell me a project afterwards?

No. The expert session is a service in its own right. Whether anything follows is entirely your decision. We take on projects only subject to availability.

Can I book the session regularly?

Yes, many topics benefit from regular sparring, e.g. monthly or quarterly. Simply book a new date each time.

How does this differ from the initial meeting?

The free initial meeting (15 minutes) is for getting to know each other. The expert session is an in-depth discussion of your specific question.

Booking

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Preferred date

Your preferred date is a proposal, not yet a fixed appointment. We will check it and confirm it by email or suggest an alternative. Weekdays between 14:00 and 18:00 (German time), with 3 working days notice.

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Manuel Fernandez

Management Consultant | Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker (FH), degree in business informatics

Over 20 years of experience where business meets technology

Manuel Fernandez has more than 20 years of experience in IT consulting and in delivering demanding technology and transformation projects.

Over the course of his career he has supported companies from various industries with strategic, organisational and technological challenges. His project experience ranges from developing enterprise-wide IT architectures and optimising business processes and IT services to designing and implementing modern cloud-based platforms.

He has taken on a variety of roles – as project manager, enterprise architect, business analyst and consultant for complex IT and transformation initiatives. This broad experience enables him to understand both the business requirements and the technical context of a project and to bring them together.

From strategic planning to hands-on delivery

A particular focus of his work is turning complex requirements into structured, actionable solutions.

To do so, he combines classic disciplines such as business analysis, enterprise architecture and project management with modern requirements engineering.

His approach thus combines well-founded consulting experience with modern technological possibilities – from the first business requirement to the validated solution.

Current focus: AI-driven product ownership & agentic software development

Steering AI-supported software development processes with a focus on product ownership, business requirements definition, feature prioritisation and quality assurance.

Based on the business requirements, AI agents systematically work out business requirements, SDD specifications and BDD acceptance scenarios, followed by the technical implementation and automated tests.

Human responsibility concentrates on product strategy, prioritisation, business steering, reviews, user acceptance testing (UAT) and the release of results.

This approach enables largely agent-supported software development with clear business accountability and systematic quality assurance.

Broad experience across industries

His career includes projects in financial services and insurance, at IT service providers, in aerospace, in transport and logistics and in retail.

His project experience includes, among other things, designing cloud-based financial services platforms, analysing extensive enterprise application landscapes and developing and optimising IT service and architecture models.

This cross-industry experience enables him to bring in different business perspectives, recognise complex relationships and transfer proven methods to new challenges.

Solid qualifications and international certifications

His expertise is complemented by a degree in business informatics (Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker, FH) and 14 qualifications and certifications from various IT disciplines. The most important of these:

  • PMP® – Project Management Professional – Internationally recognised certification for professional project management.
  • Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert – Qualification for designing complex cloud architectures.
  • CISM – Certified Information Security Manager – Certification for information security management and risk governance.
  • ITIL 4 Managing Professional – Qualification in managing and developing professional IT services.

Experience that connects disciplines

Manuel Fernandez’s particular strength lies in combining different fields of expertise: business analysis, architecture, project management, IT service management, cloud technologies, information security and modern AI-supported development methods.

He thus brings together strategic understanding, methodological competence and technological experience – with the aim of turning complex requirements into clear, economical and sustainably implementable solutions.

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