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. et al. (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), pp. 331–343. doi: 10.1365/s40702-025-01149-9.
• Kurz, K. et al. (2023) 'Steigerung der Innovationskraft einer Schweizer Stiftung : IdéeSport's Transformation zu einer agilen Organisation', HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 60(3), pp. 679–691. doi: 10.1365/s40702-023-00978-w.
• Gellrich, M., Block, A. and 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), p. 021003. doi: 10.1088/2634-4505/ac6a09.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

• Leikert-Böhm, N., Pimentel, T. and Rohrer, M. (2025) 'Die agile Transformation des Schweizer Zolls durch DaziT', in Hegele, Y. and Stoll, A. (eds) Agiles Arbeiten im öffentlichen Sektor : Erfahrungen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Wiesbaden: Springer, pp. 189–202. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-48296-1_9.
• Leikert-Böhm, N. et al. (2025) 'Transformation zu einer agilen Organisation : die Schweizer Stiftung IdéeSport', in Hegele, Y. and Stoll, A. (eds) Agiles Arbeiten im öffentlichen Sektor : Erfahrungen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Wiesbaden: Springer, pp. 323–338. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-48296-1_18.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Bahith, S. et al. (2025) 'From budgeting in agility to agility in budgeting : insights from Swiss insurers', in ICIS 2025 Proceedings. Association for Information Systems.
• Leikert-Böhm, N. et al. (2025) 'Fit for agility? Exploring person-job fit in SAFe teams', in Linssen, O. et al. (eds) Projektmanagement und Vorgehensmodelle 2025 - Post-Agilität, Resilienz, Transformation. Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., pp. 71–82. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-36472.
• Matter, P. and Leikert-Böhm, N. (2025) 'Adding the human error : exploring the impact of GenAI on student writing in information systems', in Köppen, V. and Strickroth, S. (eds) 23. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien (DELFI 2025). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., pp. 99–112. doi: 10.18420/delfi2025_10.
• Geppert, T. et al. (2025) 'The data collaboration canvas : a visual framework for systematically identifying and evaluating organizational data collaboration opportunities', in Beverungen, D., Lehrer, C., and Trier, M. (eds) Solutions and Technologies for Responsible Digitalization. Cham: Springer, pp. 49–64. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-80122-8_4.
• Matter, P. et al. (2024) 'The reverse Turing test in the double Chinese room : observing GenAI use in practical settings', in DIGIT 2024 Proceedings. Association for Information Systems, p. 26. Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/digit2024/26/.
• Leikert-Boehm, N. et al. (2024) 'Strategic synergy at Swisscom : insights from role theory on merging Scaled Agile Frameworks with Enterprise Architecture Management', in AMCIS 2024 Proceedings. Association for Information Systems, p. 1198.
• Leikert-Boehm, N., Matter, P. and Heinrich, P. (2023) 'Now you (don't) see me : camera use in online course settings', in 21. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien (DELFI). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik, pp. 111–122. doi: 10.18420/delfi2023-20.
• Matter, P., Leikert-Boehm, N. and Heinrich, P. (2023) 'Depreciating the online experience : relative evaluation of social presence in online, hybrid, and offline course environments', in 21. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien (DELFI). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik, pp. 53–64. doi: 10.18420/delfi2023-13.
• Geppert, T. et al. (2023) 'The data collaboration canvas : a visual framework for systematically identifying and evaluating organizational data collaboration opportunities', in Wirtschaftsinformatik 2023 Proceedings. Association for Information Systems, p. 103. Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/wi2023/1/.
• Leikert-Böhm, N. et al. (2022) 'Learnings of an agile transformation in a non-profit organization case study', in 22nd EURAM Annual Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022.
• Sieber, M. and Leikert-Böhm, N. (2021) 'Organizational culture and IT management performance : a review', in 20th EURAM Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 4-6 December 2020.
• Sieber, M. and Leikert-Böhm, N. (2020) 'Organizational culture and IT management performance : a review', in 11th EURAM Early Career Colloquium, Huddersfield, United Kingdom, 9-11 March 2020.

Other publications

• Böhmer, N., Schinnenburg, H. and Leikert-Böhm, N. (2023) 'Tücken der Agilität', Harvard Business manager, 2024(1), pp. 86–91.
• Moser, A. et al. (2021) Vom Formular zum Dialog : neue Wege der Auftragserteilung in der Finanzbranche. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-2407.
• Christ, O., Leikert-Böhm, N. and Müller, F. (2016) 'Daten für die Strategie', Personalwirtschaft: Magazin für Human Resources, 2016(7), pp. 60–63. Available at: https://www.personalwirtschaft.de/produkte/archiv/magazin/ausgabe-7-2016/0%3A7604283.html.
• Christ, O. et al. (2015) Business Intelligence 2015 : Potenziale und Herausforderungen in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1010.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

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

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