Consulting
Consulting & Training Worldwide – as Flexible as Your Business
Whether online or on-site:
ARQ Solutions offers consulting and training worldwide in English and German.
Online sessions are flexibly available between 07:00 and 23:00 CET, making them
ideal for participants in Europe, Africa, and the east coast of North and South America,
with limited availability for the west coast of North and South America and Asia.
On-site services follow local working hours.
Thanks to this personal flexibility, you'll receive tailor-made solutions
precisely aligned with your needs.
Concept
NEXT GENERATION CONSULTING
Structure, Quality, and Communication in Perfect Harmony
Software projects rarely fail due to isolated issues - they fail because of missing connections between architecture, requirements, quality assurance, and communication. We approach consulting in two dimensions.
Vertically: The Four Key Areas for Successful Projects
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A for Architecture - Structure that enables quality
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R for Requirements - Clearity that provides direction
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Q for Quality Assurance - Testing that ensures stability
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C for Communication - The bridge between disciplines
Horizontally: The Three Phases of Successful Consulting
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Analysis - Understanding problems
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Strategy - Developing solutions
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Realization - Bringing knowledge into practice.
With ARQ Solutions, you won’t receive isolated solutions, but rather comprehensive, end-to-end consulting—from the initial concept through practical implementation.
One point of contact, a clear roadmap, measurable results.
Let's optimize your processes together - with clarity, structure, and sustainable success.
Consulting Phase: Analysis
Your Benefits:
NextStep
Identifying and Implementing Process Potential
Question: “How efficient are our workflows and where are we facing unnecessary friction?”
Scope:
Every software development process follows its own rules-but is it truly efficient? With NextStep, you receive a well-founded assessment of your processes:
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Interviews with stakeholders from areas such as requirements, development, testing & quality assurance
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Identification of key success factors—where do you stand, and where is there room for improvement?
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Anonymous evaluation & objective process status report with concrete recommendations
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Early prevention of bottlenecks by identifying communication barriers and optimization potentials
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Clear insight into the actual efficiency of your processes in software architecture, requirements engineering, and quality assurance
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Objective basis for targeted and sustainable improvements along the entire process chain
Format:
Online interviews or on-site—depending on your needs
NextRisk
Identifying & Managing Risks Proactively
Question: "Are the risks that could catch up with us later known to everyone and do we know how to deal with them?"
Scope:
Every project involves risks—the key is ensuring they remain manageable. With NextRisk, we identify, evaluate, and prioritize potential risks using proven methods such as SWOT, FMEA, and more. Together, we develop practical measures to proactively minimize risks and strengthen the security of your projects.
Your Benefits:
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Risks become systematically visible – for example, in architectural decisions, test strategies, requirement prioritization, and interface communication.
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Risk mitigation measures strengthen collaboration between disciplines and provide decision-making certainty.
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You gain a solid foundation to realistically assess technical feasibility which also increases the resilience of your projects.
Format:
Workshop on-site or online, depending on your needs
NextDomain
Event Storming for a Clear Domain Understanding
Question: "Do we all mean the same thing when we talk about our domain?"
Scope:
Event Storming is a collaborative modeling method developed by Alberto Brandolini within Domain-Driven Design (DDD). Together with your domain experts, we explore your business domain to create a shared understanding and a common domain language—the Ubiquitous Language. Its main strengths: lightweight, easy to learn, and highly effective.
Your Benefits:
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A shared domain understanding strengthens requirements engineering, architectural decisions, and cross-role communication early in the project
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A consistent business language reduces friction between domain experts, developers, and QA
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Business processes are modeled clearly and transparently – creating a solid foundation for future testability and system design
Format:
Workshop, online or on-site, depending on your needs (on-site recommended)
Consulting Phase: Strategy
NextContext
Organization & Architecture alligned with Context Mapping
Question: "How does our organization influence the architecture we need?"
Scope:
According to Conway’s Law, organizational structures and software architecture influence each other—often resulting in unexpected side effects. Structural barriers within an organization can significantly impair the efficiency of software development.
Using NextContext and the Context Mapping technique from Domain-Driven Design, we identify boundaries and relationships between organizational domains, visualizing them in a clearly structured map. Proven patterns make friction points between architecture and organization visible, enabling us to develop targeted measures to improve their interaction.
Your Benefits:
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Aligns organization and architecture – for sustainable structures, clear responsibilities, and realistic system boundaries
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Identifying friction points in communication, requirements, and quality assurance early—before they manifest in the code.
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Provides actionable guidance to improve cross-team collaboration and operational alignment
Format:
Workshop, online or on-site, depending on your needs (on-site recommended)
NextTeams
Efficient Team Structures with Team Topologies
Question: "How should our teams be structured to implement our architecture effectively?"
Scope:
Software development is more than just code - team structure and collaboration directly impact system architecture. Following the Team Topologies approach (by Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais), teams are not formed by chance or tradition but are strategically aligned with software architecture requirements.
With NextTeams, we analyze existing team structures, identify bottlenecks & optimization potential, and design an effective team landscape to enhance collaboration and efficiency.
Your Benefits:
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Teams are purposefully aligned with the software architecture – leading to clearer responsibilities and more resilient system boundaries
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Interfaces are optimized both technically and in terms of communication – reducing friction between development, requirements and QA
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Collaboration becomes more focused – with better flow of requirements and more sustainable quality assurance
Format:
Workshop, online or on-site, depending on your needs
NextMap
Strategic Clarity with Wardley Mapping
Question: "Which product decisions create real advantage and which ones just keep us busy?"
Scope:
Decisions in companies are often made intuitively or without a clear strategic foundation. With Wardley Mapping, we develop a visual, structured strategy to analyze markets, products, & internal processes in a targeted way. We map value streams, technological dependencies, & strategic positions and show where companies can achieve real competitive advantages.
Your Benefits:
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Strategic clarity across technology landscapes, architectural goals, product positioning, and market direction
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Improved team communication through visual models – providing a shared foundation for architecture, requirements, and quality decisions
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A reliable decision-making basis for technology roadmaps, product strategies, and business prioritization
Format:
Workshop, online or on-site - flexible as needed
Consulting Phase: Realization
NextCoach
Immediate Assistance When It Matters
Question: "Where can we get immediate support that truly fits our current challenge?"
Scope:
Learning is one thing—applying it in practice is another. Often, minor hurdles block your progress. NextCoach provides fast, straightforward 1:1 support precisely when you need it.
Instead of spending time searching for solutions, you get direct access to me—fast, pragmatic, and tailored precisely to your current challenge.
Your Benefits:
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Targeted support for current challenges in architecture, requirements, testing or communication
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Efficient, just-in-time coaching when decisions are pending or blockers appear
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Sustainable skill-building through pragmatic, immediately applicable solution
Format:
Online meeting
NextModerator
Effective Discussions Without Friction
Question: "How do we reach clear decisions on important topics without going in circles?"
Scope:
Not every discussion automatically leads to a good result. Especially in technical or strategic topics, where no single "correct" solution exists, neutral moderation can be crucial. Without a clear structure, conversations often go in circles, get stuck, or lead to misunderstandings - particularly under time pressure. NextModerator ensures that discussions remain goal-oriented, efficient, and constructive.
Your Benefits:
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Clear facilitation provides structure for architectural, strategic, and quality-related decisions
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Conflicts between requirements, testing, and implementation are addressed constructively and resolved efficiently
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All relevant perspectives become visible – communication gaps are closed, collaboration improves
Format:
Online or on-site (on-site recommended for larger topics)
NextReview
Neutral Feedback for Better Documents
Question: "Is our documentation in scope and structure aligned with its target audience and purpose?
Scope:
Technical documentation is essential for successful software development - yet it often suffers from lack of clarity, unstructured presentation, or missing target audience orientation. NextReview provides an independent, precise, four-eye evaluation for documents in the areas of software architecture, requirements engineering, and quality assurance. The focus is not on norms, compliance, or ISO standards but on practical readability, clarity, and technical quality.
Your Benefits:
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Clear, expert feedback on the quality and clarity of documents across architecture, requirements, and testing
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Early improvement of technical communication – avoiding lengthy review cycles and misalignment during handovers or approvals
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Stronger audience impact through concise language, better structure, and more accessible content
Format:
Online Meeting
Tailored Consulting
NextFlex
Consulting that Adapts to Your Needs
Scope:
Every company faces unique challenges that cannot always be categorized into predefined offerings. NextFlex provides customized consulting solutions tailored precisely to your specific requirements.
Whether it's developing an individual strategy, offering specialized technical consulting, or combining elements from our existing services - we work with you to create a solution that truly fits.
Your Benefits:
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Flexible & demand-driven - consulting tailored exactly to your needs
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Can be combined with our analysis, strategy, and implementation services
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Suitable for specific special topics & new challenges
Format:
Online or on-site - aligned with your requirements
NextFlex is the perfect choice when our standard
offerings do not fully match your needs.
Together, we will find the optimal solution.
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