For more than 12 years I am working as an independent IT consultant and system architect for eID and eHealth systems. These are usually large-scale national or international projects ranging from smart card based driving licence, electronic passports, civil register systems to health card projects.

In such projects I lead or participate in a number of activities:

• System mission and system concepts
• Studies on feasibility, security and other system aspects
• Consultancy for decision makers
• Field study
• Requirements analysis
• Business process analysis
• System architecture
• Technical documentation
• Review of specifications
• Tests, acceptance, audits
• Support of the customer with technical expertise and project experience

By working for ordering customers as well as for suppliers of such large scale IT systems, I know both sides very well and understand a lot of the sources for misunderstandings between contractor and contracting body.