OPINION! Dr. Dirk Bisping, Chairman of BVSI: “Perspectives for IT freelancers are excellent at the moment!”

Dr. Dirk Bisping is the chairman of the board of the professional association for self-employed people in IT (BVSI). In the interview he talked about the chances of IT-freelancers, People over 45, the self-image of freelancers - and above all about how working together in mixed teams works.

As a freelance IT consultant, Bisping founded his own 24 in October together with 2004 colleagues from the BVSI Companys, which has now joined more than 30 members. At BVSI, Bisping is responsible for the operational management of the association and for the program planning and lobbying of the association.

Mr. Dr. Bisping, what are the chances of IT freelancers currently?

The IT sector will grow by the end of 2012 m more than 4 percent. The IT professionals are also benefiting from the boom. The opportunities of SAP, Java, mainframe and security experts are currently excellent. Overall, the prospects for IT freelancers are currently excellent.

Although many companies have their own people ...

We expect that the proportion of freelancers in IT projects will continue to rise. The reason is that companies need highly specialized professionals for specific ITTasks need and often cannot recruit from their own IT teams.

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The freelancers are therefore the firefighters for companies - can this work?

Bundling of company knowledge and IT specialist know-how leads to Success. That is why many companies are increasingly relying on mixed teams of permanent and freelance IT specialists in order to effectively bundle company know-how and external IT expertise. When company knowledge and specialist knowledge come together in mixed teams, this usually leads to excellent results.

I have not doubted this - but is cooperation not difficult?

Clearly there are a few things to consider when it comes to the composition of mixed teams, so that the “mix” ultimately leads to success. Basically, employees and freelancers have different interests ...

... and what would they be?

The employee is the social recognition important within the company, he or she would like to move up the career ladder. The project manager and the employed IT specialists are often heavily involved with department meetings, Emailtraffic, conferences - i.e. with project management and administration of the project.

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The angstten IT-ler are for you so career-steep Rampensäue?

Well, understandably, the computer scientist employed mainly in the place where his actions become visible, while the external IT specialist is working in the background and is primarily measured by his professional results.

And what is the breakdown of earnings?

The employee knows the company and its image and brings this know-how to the Projects while the freelance IT specialist makes his expert knowledge available for the duration of the project. He concentrates on the special task, for which he has a high level of detail and expertise. You see: the interests complement each other! There is also a study on this...

... for the optimal division of labor between IT freelancers and employees?

No, to the success of mixed teams! The study by the Institute for Employment and Employability from 2010 shows that acceptance of this flexible form of work is increasing. This is also our experience: Many large and increasingly also medium-sized companies have had good experiences with mixed teams.

What is the reason?

The IBE study shows that mixed teams respond more quickly to changing requirements (64%) and solve complex problems better (62%). For example, project managers from mixed teams to 72 percent are convinced of the efficiency of mixed teams.

Are there any points of friction when there is simply someone from the outside?

According to the IBE study, integration and loyalty problems of external team members hardly played a role. The employees benefit from the specialist knowledge of the freelancers and vice versa the company know-how of the employees helps the freelancers. That depends for sure together with experience...

So a chance for older and experienced professionals?

The majority of IT freelancers are now over 45 years old and have been on the road as freelancers for ten years or more. That the Teamwork often works so well, may also be related to the fact that both IT freelancers and IT employees are often very experienced in project work.

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