https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/ Insights from thousands of software and AI projects – on the way to the self-driving company. en https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/vier-dimensionen-im-gleichgewicht/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/vier-dimensionen-im-gleichgewicht/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Why agentic development is the right answer for large enterprises and public organizations, and why it needs political guardrails. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/digitale-gesetzeszwillinge-forschungs-roadmap/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/digitale-gesetzeszwillinge-forschungs-roadmap/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT From the conceptual model in “Der selbstfahrende Staat” to a research program: milestones 2024 to 2027, evidenced results, and the target picture to 2030. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/digitale-gesetzeszwillinge-stand-der-forschung/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/digitale-gesetzeszwillinge-stand-der-forschung/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Current research on digital twins of legislation: an agentic pipeline that turns statutory text into verifiable twins, and its anchor case, the municipal tax. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/agentischer-software-development-lifecycle-zehn-entscheidungen/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/agentischer-software-development-lifecycle-zehn-entscheidungen/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Ten decisions on three levels that guide large organizations from manual software development to agentic delivery: foundation, operating model, scaling. Florian Schnitzhofer agentic-sdlc https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/app2spec-software-beobachten-verstehen-spezifizieren/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/app2spec-software-beobachten-verstehen-spezifizieren/ Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT How the observed use of existing software is turned agentically into an evidenced as-is specification: no license costs, EU-hosted, evidence-first. Florian Schnitzhofer tools https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/own-the-spec-not-the-code/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/own-the-spec-not-the-code/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT The specification is the lasting asset. How Make, Buy, and Agentic Code differ in fit, total cost of ownership, time to production, and intellectual property. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/ueber-alle-technologien-hinweg/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/ueber-alle-technologien-hinweg/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Mainframe, ERP, and custom software: why agentic reverse engineering works independently of technology, and what actually differs per technology. Florian Schnitzhofer praxis https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/compliance-as-code/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/compliance-as-code/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Writing policies as machine-readable rules enforced at every gate instead of checking afterward: how evidence in the agentic lifecycle becomes a by-product. Florian Schnitzhofer agentic-sdlc https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/der-wissensgraph-als-fundament-agentischer-modernisierung/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/der-wissensgraph-als-fundament-agentischer-modernisierung/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Why legacy knowledge must exist for AI agents as a typed, cited, and versioned knowledge graph rather than as documents, and how such a graph is built. Florian Schnitzhofer praxis https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/reifegrad-messen-statt-schaetzen/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/reifegrad-messen-statt-schaetzen/ Fri, 15 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Which metric counts at which maturity level, how an assessment locates each domain, and what is monitored after the 90-day measurement. Florian Schnitzhofer agentic-sdlc https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/vom-code-zur-spezifikation/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/vom-code-zur-spezifikation/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Why modernization starts with an evidenced as-is: reconstructing requirements from source code and usage, validating them, and evolving them into the to-be. Florian Schnitzhofer praxis https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/pruefgates-statt-vertrauen/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/pruefgates-statt-vertrauen/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT Generated code is not secure by default. How separate verifier agents, four gates, and acceptance tests against the specification replace trust with evidence. Florian Schnitzhofer agentic-sdlc https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/agentisches-reverse-engineering-legacy-als-wissensarchiv/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/agentisches-reverse-engineering-legacy-als-wissensarchiv/ Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT A generation's knowledge lives in custom code. How agentic reverse engineering turns legacy systems into an evidenced, queryable knowledge archive. Florian Schnitzhofer praxis https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/der-agentische-software-development-lifecycle/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/der-agentische-software-development-lifecycle/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT Agents execute, people define and take responsibility. What the agentic Software Development Lifecycle changes, what stays, and what can be measured. Florian Schnitzhofer agentic-sdlc https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/vom-forschungsframework-zur-plattform/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/vom-forschungsframework-zur-plattform/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:00:00 GMT What separates a research prototype from an operated platform: an open-source base, lawdigitaltwin.com, and three operating rules for twins of legislation. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/grenzueberschreitend-unternehmensgruendung/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/grenzueberschreitend-unternehmensgruendung/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT Why company formation in the single market is the next use case for digital twins of legislation: registers, ontology, and the research agenda. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/was-die-umsetzung-von-gesetzen-wirklich-kostet/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/was-die-umsetzung-von-gesetzen-wirklich-kostet/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:00:00 GMT A law is translated into software thousands of times. Comparing five architectures shows what that costs and why a twin of legislation saves about 35-fold. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/erklaerbare-automatisierte-entscheidungen/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/erklaerbare-automatisierte-entscheidungen/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:00:00 GMT An automated decision is only as good as its reasons. How the digital twin of legislation produces them as a derivation log from its own execution. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/ontologie-oder-sprachmodell/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/ontologie-oder-sprachmodell/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:00:00 GMT What a language model can do with a statute, what an ontology must deliver, and how both work together in a digital twin of legislation. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/welche-rechtsartefakte-gehoeren-in-den-zwilling/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/welche-rechtsartefakte-gehoeren-in-den-zwilling/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:00:00 GMT Statutes, ordinances, rulings, commentaries, constitution, EU law: which legal sources a digital twin of legislation needs and what role each of them plays. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/das-resiliente-unternehmen-krisen-bestehen/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/das-resiliente-unternehmen-krisen-bestehen/ Sun, 15 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT Resilience is decided before the crisis: the Winning Wheel, the hallmarks of resilient organizations, and a resilience dashboard for leadership. Achim Röhe vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/kommunalsteuer-als-pruefstein/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/kommunalsteuer-als-pruefstein/ Thu, 15 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT Why the Austrian municipal tax under the KommStG 1993 is the next use case for digital twins of legislation: parameters, partners, limits of determinism. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/von-der-prosa-zum-modell/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/von-der-prosa-zum-modell/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT Text, ontology, configuration, logic: how a law becomes an executable digital twin in four layers while every result stays traceable to the wording. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/digitale-gesetzeszwillinge-was-ein-gesetz-als-modell/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/digitale-gesetzeszwillinge-was-ein-gesetz-als-modell/ Sat, 15 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMT What a digital twin of legislation is, why an online form is not a model of the law, and what a law as a model can and cannot do. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/beschaffung-als-hebel/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/beschaffung-als-hebel/ Sat, 15 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT The state does not just buy software, it shapes the market. Why tenders decide whether systems become explainable, open, and sovereign. Philipp Seper-Ambros vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/digitale-souveraenitaet-worauf-ein-staat-nicht-verzichten/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/digitale-souveraenitaet-worauf-ein-staat-nicht-verzichten/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:00:00 GMT Sovereignty means keeping rules, data, identity, and interfaces in public hands. What a state may source, what it must not, and why Europe matters. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/resilienz-des-staates/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/resilienz-des-staates/ Sun, 15 Dec 2024 09:00:00 GMT Outage, manipulation, fallback level: how a self-driving state stays capable of acting when its software goes down or comes under attack. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/wo-autonomie-an-grenzen-stoesst/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/wo-autonomie-an-grenzen-stoesst/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:00:00 GMT Discretion, judicial decisions, and interference with fundamental rights: three limits where the self-driving state deliberately stops, and how to draw them. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/kommunen-zuerst/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/kommunen-zuerst/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:00:00 GMT Why the municipality is the best starting point for the self-driving state, what it needs from the state and federal levels, and where to start today. Philipp Seper-Ambros vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/der-oeffentliche-dienst-2035/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/der-oeffentliche-dienst-2035/ Sun, 15 Sep 2024 09:00:00 GMT Why the self-driving state is not a job-cutting program, which roles emerge in the public service by 2035, and what makes it an attractive employer. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/erklaerbarkeit-als-rechtsstaatsprinzip/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/erklaerbarkeit-als-rechtsstaatsprinzip/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:00:00 GMT The AI Act has been in force since August 1, 2024. Why explainability is a rule-of-law principle in the self-driving state and how software gives reasons. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/register-statt-nachweise/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/register-statt-nachweise/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:00:00 GMT Once-only taken to its conclusion: the state should not demand certificates it issues itself. What registers must deliver and where administrations can start. Philipp Seper-Ambros vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/antragslose-verwaltung-leistungen-die-die-menschen/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/antragslose-verwaltung-leistungen-die-die-menschen/ Sat, 15 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT Why the application becomes the exception in the self-driving state: the no-stop shop model, Austria's automatic tax assessment, and what proactivity needs. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/das-amt-ohne-formular/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/das-amt-ohne-formular/ Wed, 15 May 2024 09:00:00 GMT Why forms become obsolete in the self-driving state: procedures start with an event, not an application. Four prerequisites and examples from practice. Philipp Seper-Ambros vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/vier-dimensionen-fuer-den-staat/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/vier-dimensionen-fuer-den-staat/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:00:00 GMT Autonomy, sustainability, resilience, and a human focus: what the four dimensions of the self-driving company mean in the public sector. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/der-selbstfahrende-staat-warum-die-verwaltung-der-ideale/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/der-selbstfahrende-staat-warum-die-verwaltung-der-ideale/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:00:00 GMT Rule-boundness and the duty to give reasons are seen as brakes on administration. Why exactly these traits make the state the ideal candidate for autonomy. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/anleitung-fuer-kleine-und-mittlere-unternehmen/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/anleitung-fuer-kleine-und-mittlere-unternehmen/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:00:00 GMT How small and medium-sized enterprises start on the road to the self-driving company: six steps, an example from construction, and a look ahead. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/neue-perspektiven-fuer-mensch-und-umwelt/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/neue-perspektiven-fuer-mensch-und-umwelt/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 09:00:00 GMT The four dimensions of the self-driving company in detail, and why transparency makes sustainability and humanity both possible and indispensable. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/der-mensch-im-selbstfahrenden-unternehmen/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/der-mensch-im-selbstfahrenden-unternehmen/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 09:00:00 GMT Six theses on the role of people in the company of 2035: what software takes over, what stays with people, and what executives can derive from it today. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/wertschoepfung-im-selbstfahrenden-unternehmen-teil-2/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/wertschoepfung-im-selbstfahrenden-unternehmen-teil-2/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:00:00 GMT Automated production, robotics with digital twins, and autonomous warehouses: the three physical drivers of value creation in the self-driving company. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/wertschoepfung-im-selbstfahrenden-unternehmen-teil-1/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/wertschoepfung-im-selbstfahrenden-unternehmen-teil-1/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 09:00:00 GMT From Porter's value chain to a networked control loop: the five drivers of value creation in the self-driving company, starting with research and planning. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/ein-plaedoyer-fuer-software-intelligenz/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/ein-plaedoyer-fuer-software-intelligenz/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 09:00:00 GMT Why the benefit of artificial intelligence only emerges in integrated software, and how it changes decisions, organizational forms, work, and resources. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/weg-mit-der-alten-software/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/weg-mit-der-alten-software/ Tue, 15 Aug 2023 09:00:00 GMT Why building on top of legacy core systems costs more than replacing them, what technical debt really costs, and which barriers must fall before renewal. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/transparenz-fuer-die-legacy-abloese-automatisierte/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/transparenz-fuer-die-legacy-abloese-automatisierte/ Sat, 15 Jul 2023 09:00:00 GMT Why replacing grown legacy systems fails on missing documentation, and how automated software documentation with Sysparency creates transparency. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/transparenz-fuer-wertschoepfung-fairness-und-lebensqualitaet/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/transparenz-fuer-wertschoepfung-fairness-und-lebensqualitaet/ Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:00:00 GMT Why traceable software ends departmental silos, creates fairness toward employees, partners, and the state, and brings more quality of life. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/ki-und-science-fiction-warum-es-skynet-nicht-geben-wird/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/ki-und-science-fiction-warum-es-skynet-nicht-geben-wird/ Mon, 15 May 2023 09:00:00 GMT Skynet needs a self, a survival instinct, and goals of its own. AI systems have none of these. What science fiction tells us about AI, and what it does not. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/die-vielfalt-intelligenter-softwaresysteme/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/die-vielfalt-intelligenter-softwaresysteme/ Sat, 15 Apr 2023 09:00:00 GMT From robotaxis in Shenzhen to the factory floor: what intelligent software systems share technically, where they work in a company, and what stays with people. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/kognitive-software-ist-mehr-als-kuenstliche-intelligenz/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/kognitive-software-ist-mehr-als-kuenstliche-intelligenz/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:00:00 GMT Why the self-driving company needs cognitive software, what ChatGPT already anticipates, and the two requirements every decision-making software must meet. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/wie-entscheiden-selbstfahrende-unternehmen/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/wie-entscheiden-selbstfahrende-unternehmen/ Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:00:00 GMT What a decision is, why calculations only produce results, and why software decides better precisely where people err systematically. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/sichere-software-bedeutet-sichere-entscheidungen/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/sichere-software-bedeutet-sichere-entscheidungen/ Sun, 15 Jan 2023 09:00:00 GMT How software algorithms decide, why deep learning keeps raising decision quality, and which four conditions make software decisions safe. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/die-unternehmensstruktur-fuer-wahre-agilitaet/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/die-unternehmensstruktur-fuer-wahre-agilitaet/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 09:00:00 GMT Why agility is a question of organizational structure: vertical product slicing, self-steering teams, leadership by objectives, and software as coordinator. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/industrie-4-0-ist-vorbei-jetzt-kommt-die-selbstfahrende/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/industrie-4-0-ist-vorbei-jetzt-kommt-die-selbstfahrende/ Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:00:00 GMT Industry 4.0 networked the factory. The self-driving factory goes further: programmed rather than built, copyable, and optimized as a whole in real time. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/enterprise-architecture-fuer-selbstfahrende-unternehmen/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/enterprise-architecture-fuer-selbstfahrende-unternehmen/ Sat, 15 Oct 2022 09:00:00 GMT Why the ERP system remains the foundation of the self-driving company, which two capabilities it still lacks, and what enterprise architecture must deliver. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/das-ende-der-prozesse-hoch-leben-die-algorithmen/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/das-ende-der-prozesse-hoch-leben-die-algorithmen/ Thu, 15 Sep 2022 09:00:00 GMT Why end-to-end processes are only an intermediate step in digitalization and how networked algorithms will steer the company as a whole. Florian Schnitzhofer vision https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/das-selbstfahrende-unternehmen-zusammenfassung-des-buchs/ https://www.reqpool.com/en/blog/das-selbstfahrende-unternehmen-zusammenfassung-des-buchs/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 09:00:00 GMT What the thinking model of the self-driving company describes: four dimensions, five levels of autonomy, and the road to the company of 2035. Florian Schnitzhofer vision