Ninja Leikert-Böhm

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Project Manager (PMP®) and Lecturer in Information Systems
• Course Director CAS Agiles IT Projekt Management

Focus

• Agile Organization / Agile Transformation / Scaled Agile
• Change Management & Organizational Development
• GenAI in practical use

Teaching

• Master in Business Information Technology: Project- und Change Management
• BSc Business Information Technology: IT Project Management
• Course Director CAS Agile IT Project Management

Experience

• Lecturer and Research Associate Information Systems
  ZHAW, Winterthur
  02 / 2014 - today
• Solution Principal for project management and methodologies; PMO
  ECENTA AG (Walldorf, Germany) - SAP Consulting
  04 / 2013 - 01 / 2014
• Senior Consultant for SAP Business Warehouse and CRM Analytics/ Project Manager for customer projects (e.g. SAP AG, Tetra Pak, Sybase, Intel, Ebay, Ericsson AB)
  ECENTA AG (Walldorf, Germany) - SAP Consulting
  06 / 2007 - 03 / 2012

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Project Management Professional PMP®
  Project Management Institute
  08 / 2011 - 12 / 2025
• Mentoring fff – Women for management positions / Leadership and Diversity
  ZHAW, Human Resources Development
  06 / 2022 - 06 / 2023
• Certified SAFe® 5 Program Consultant; Implementing SAFe (SPC 5.1)
  Gladwell Academy
  05 / 2022 - 05 / 2023
• Agile Innovation and Problem Solving Skills
  edX University of Maryland
  11 / 2021 - 02 / 2022
• Applied Scrum for Agile Project Management
  edX University of Maryland
  05 / 2021 - 08 / 2021
• Strategic Management: From Insight to Decision
  edX RWTHx Aachen
  06 / 2020 - 10 / 2020
• Certificate of Advanced Studies CAS Successfully managing and coaching teams
  ZHAW IAP Institute of Applied Psychology
  03 / 2018 - 09 / 2019
• Certificate of Advanced Studies CAS Change Management and Organizational Development
  ZHAW IAP Institute of Applied Psychology
  04 / 2016 - 11 / 2016
• Diploma in Business Administration (Master) / Majors: Business Information Systems, Production and Logistics, Corporate Management
  University of Augsburg
  10 / 2001 - 04 / 2007

Network

Membership of networks

LinkedIn

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8815-0198

Projects

• Agile Dynamics: Organizational Fit Instrument / Project leader / completed
• ZHAW Digital Culture Assessment: After the Pandemic / Team member / completed
• Visibility of soft skills in the agile organization / Team member / completed
• IdéeSport Agile Transformation / Project leader / completed
• BI Survey / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Russ, C., Sieber, M., Weber, C., & Leikert-Böhm, N. (2025). Veränderungen der Organisationskultur und des Business-IT-Alignments während und nach der COVID-19-Pandemie am Beispiel einer Schweizer Hochschule. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 62(2), 331–343. https://doi.org/10.1365/s40702-025-01149-9
• Kurz, K., Leikert-Böhm, N., Russ, C., & Sieber, M. R. (2023). Steigerung der Innovationskraft einer Schweizer Stiftung : IdéeSport’s Transformation zu einer agilen Organisation. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 60(3), 679–691. https://doi.org/10.1365/s40702-023-00978-w
• Gellrich, M., Block, A., & Leikert-Böhm, N. (2022). Spatial and temporal patterns of electric vehicle charging station utilization : a nationwide case study of Switzerland. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 2(2), 21003. https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/ac6a09

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

• Leikert-Böhm, N., Pimentel, T., & Rohrer, M. (2025). Die agile Transformation des Schweizer Zolls durch DaziT. In Y. Hegele & A. Stoll (eds.), Agiles Arbeiten im öffentlichen Sektor : Erfahrungen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (pp. 189–202). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-48296-1_9
• Leikert-Böhm, N., Kurz, K., Russ, C., & Sieber, M. (2025). Transformation zu einer agilen Organisation : die Schweizer Stiftung IdéeSport. In Y. Hegele & A. Stoll (eds.), Agiles Arbeiten im öffentlichen Sektor : Erfahrungen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (pp. 323–338). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-48296-1_18

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Matter, P., & Leikert-Böhm, N. (2025). Adding the human error : exploring the impact of GenAI on student writing in information systems [Conference paper]. In V. Köppen & S. Strickroth (Eds.), 23. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien (DELFI 2025) (pp. 99–112). Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. https://doi.org/10.18420/delfi2025_10
• Geppert, T., Fuoco, A. D., Leikert-Böhm, N., Deml, S., Sturzenegger, D., & Ebert, N. (2025). The data collaboration canvas : a visual framework for systematically identifying and evaluating organizational data collaboration opportunities [Conference paper]. In D. Beverungen, C. Lehrer, & M. Trier (Eds.), Solutions and Technologies for Responsible Digitalization (pp. 49–64). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80122-8_4
• Matter, P., Wiedemann, A., Leikert-Boehm, N., & Pleger, L. E. (2024). The reverse Turing test in the double Chinese room : observing GenAI use in practical settings [Conference paper]. DIGIT 2024 Proceedings, 26. https://aisel.aisnet.org/digit2024/26/
• Leikert-Boehm, N., Bärtschi, S., Wiedemann, A., & Matter, P. (2024). Strategic synergy at Swisscom : insights from role theory on merging Scaled Agile Frameworks with Enterprise Architecture Management [Conference paper]. AMCIS 2024 Proceedings, 1198.
• Leikert-Boehm, N., Matter, P., & Heinrich, P. (2023). Now you (don’t) see me : camera use in online course settings [Conference paper]. 21. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien (DELFI), 111–122. https://doi.org/10.18420/delfi2023-20
• Matter, P., Leikert-Boehm, N., & Heinrich, P. (2023). Depreciating the online experience : relative evaluation of social presence in online, hybrid, and offline course environments [Conference paper]. 21. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien (DELFI), 53–64. https://doi.org/10.18420/delfi2023-13
• Geppert, T., Dal Fuoco, A., Leikert-Boehm, N., Deml, S., Sturzenegger, D., & Ebert, N. (2023). The data collaboration canvas : a visual framework for systematically identifying and evaluating organizational data collaboration opportunities [Conference paper]. Wirtschaftsinformatik 2023 Proceedings, 103. https://aisel.aisnet.org/wi2023/1/
• Leikert-Böhm, N., Kurz, K., Sieber, M., & Russ, C. (2022). Learnings of an agile transformation in a non-profit organization case study. 22nd EURAM Annual Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022.
• Sieber, M., & Leikert-Böhm, N. (2021). Organizational culture and IT management performance : a review. 20th EURAM Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 4-6 December 2020.
• Sieber, M., & Leikert-Böhm, N. (2020). Organizational culture and IT management performance : a review. 11th EURAM Early Career Colloquium, Huddersfield, United Kingdom, 9-11 March 2020.

Other publications

• Böhmer, N., Schinnenburg, H., & Leikert-Böhm, N. (2023). Tücken der Agilität. Harvard Business manager, 2024(1), 86–91.
• Moser, A., Brucker-Kley, E., de Spindler, A., Leikert-Böhm, N., Mallepell, M., Bianchi, R., & Barattiero, A. (2021). Vom Formular zum Dialog : neue Wege der Auftragserteilung in der Finanzbranche. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2407
• Christ, O., Leikert-Böhm, N., & Müller, F. (2016). Daten für die Strategie. Personalwirtschaft: Magazin für Human Resources, 2016(7), 60–63. https://www.personalwirtschaft.de/produkte/archiv/magazin/ausgabe-7-2016/0%3A7604283.html
• Christ, O., Leikert-Böhm, N. I., Schüle, H., Gysel, U. E., & Näpflin, S. T. (2015). Business Intelligence 2015 : Potenziale und Herausforderungen in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1010

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Schüle, H., & Leikert-Böhm, N. I. (2014). BI-Studie 2014: Zukunftsweisende Potentiale & Herausforderungen : vorläufige Resultate. BI-Konferenz 2014 - ZHAW & The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI), Winterthur, 4 September 2014.

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