About us

We enjoy what we do, and we want to spend as much time as possible on it and as little time as possible on the cumbersome details: complex offers, contracts, pitches, presentations, complicated written assurances, politics, etc. Our clients trust us, and we trust our clients. It is important for us to invest in this trust and familiarity. Many of the thoughts, ideas, and concepts that are fundamental to the thinking and actions of Klickmeister aim at trust and familiarity.

We fully endorse the Agile Manifesto:

Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools
The focus is on people, and direct communication is more important than formalities. This means that no matter how sophisticated and well-documented a process is, it cannot replace a personal conversation. The individuals involved in our projects are not just part of a process chain; they are people with needs and goals. Knowing and caring about these people is tremendously helpful. For the good of the working atmosphere and the project.

Working Software over Comprehensive Documentation
In large organizations with a traditional project culture, more time is often spent creating slide decks for steering committees than on completing the actual task. However, lean documentation doesn’t mean that we don’t want to write or document anything.

Collaboration with the Clients over Contract Negotiation
The client, with their needs and issues, plays a central role in our teams. The goal is for us to work together and see ourselves as a team. After all, we don’t want to fall into an “us-against-them” mode. That’s when cooperation becomes more difficult. If a 3-minute phone call can clear things up, we’d rather do that than spend 15 minutes writing an email.

Responding to Change over Following a Plan
As an organization and team, we are very flexible and adaptable. However, this does not mean that we operate without a plan, arbitrarily, or chaotically. A plan should give us a structure to reach a goal. We are focused on a goal but also willingly deviate from the original plan if it makes sense for us and the project. Extremely important!

We respect and appreciate others, their work, and their work results. The same applies to us and our own work. A small expression of appreciation (technical term: praise) usually makes the world a little better, pleases others, and acts as a lubricant for teams and projects.

People must be excited to work with us. We strive to behave in a way that makes others enjoy working with us. This can happen in various ways, and these are not exclusive but can be combined in any way. We should always be energy givers! Energy can be provided to the team, project, or meeting in various ways. Here are a few examples: good mood, positive aura, team motivation, or giving trust.

We appreciate our freedom. Unfortunately, we can’t always choose everything (tasks, assignments, collaboration partners, etc.). The most significant freedom is undoubtedly the temporal and spatial flexibility. Since 2010, Klickmeister has embraced virtualization strongly and our clients have become significantly more location-independent as well. We aim to preserve and leverage this flexibility. Working from home, working from the office, working from a vacation home. Everything is possible.

That doesn’t mean we don’t make commitments, as the team/client needs commitments to feel secure and be able to orient themselves. However, when we make commitments, we keep them. Conditional commitments or smaller steps are also acceptable. We are open and honest with our clients and within the team. We only promise things that we can keep.

AI is changing the reality of our lives nbsp;– and, as a result, our work as well. We use AI thoughtfully and with a positive yet critical mindset. For us, it remains a tool. Responsibility, evaluation, and design are our tasks.

For us, sustainability means, above all, that our solutions last. They remain maintainable, adapt as needs change, and do not need to be replaced after just a few years. At the same time, we use energy and resources consciously and efficiently to keep our environmental footprint as small as possible.

Language has a surprising influence on thinking and, consequently, on action. Language creates identity. We don’t need to unnecessarily complicate our work through complex language and terms, but we should use a value-based, understandable, and professional language in a friendly, binding, and relaxed tone.

We should try to make our working hours as positive as possible. If something is missing, we address it and try to improve it. It doesn’t matter initially whether it’s about other projects, a different structure of the team meeting, or more or less working time. Not everything is possible, but asking costs nothing.

We want to improve, in coding, in conceptualizing, in team interaction, etc. Every idea on how we as an organization or individual teams, projects, etc., could get better is valuable. We use meetups, workshops, discussions, and training sessions. Especially meetups provide ideas, inspiration, and help in assessing our strengths and weaknesses.