# Seerene

> Seerene is the Digital Boardroom for Software Production Governance: one independent, read-only, portfolio-level view of how software is produced — cost, capacity, quality, risk and business value, with AI impact as the current lens. Spun out of the Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam. Systems and teams are measured, never individuals. The first independent baseline typically stands about 30 days from data readiness.

Full text of every public page: https://www.seerene.com/llms-full.txt · Insights feed: https://www.seerene.com/feed.xml

## Pages

- [Seerene · The Digital Boardroom for Software Production Governance](https://www.seerene.com/): Software Production Governance for large organizations: one independent, read-only evidence base across cost, capacity, quality, risk and business value, with AI impact as the current lens. Independent baseline typically about 30 days from data readiness.
- [The Digital Boardroom · Seerene platform for Software Production Governance](https://www.seerene.com/introduction): What the Seerene Digital Boardroom reads, what it makes visible and decidable, and why repositories, pipelines and tickets alone never add up to a management view. Read-only, team and system level.
- [How it works · From Executive Briefing to independent baseline · Seerene](https://www.seerene.com/how-it-works): The Seerene engagement step by step: Executive Briefing, technical validation, scoping, independent baseline typically about 30 days from data readiness, management review. Who is involved, what your organization provides, what you get.
- [Enterprise readiness · Security, data protection and employee representation · Seerene](https://www.seerene.com/enterprise-readiness): How Seerene connects: read-only access to structural signals and metadata, source code stays in your environment, team and system level aggregation, documentation for security review and works council.
- [Customers and evidence · Seerene](https://www.seerene.com/customers): Organizations governing software production at scale, what executives say about it, how Seerene documents a case, and material to forward internally: recorded talks, media coverage, the Executive Briefing deck and press logos.
- [About Seerene · Origin, conviction and leadership](https://www.seerene.com/about): Seerene was founded on research at the Hasso Plattner Institute and built as an independent evidence layer for governing software production. Leadership, origin and the Software Excellence Network.
- [Dr. Johannes Bohnet · Speaker profile · Seerene](https://www.seerene.com/johannes-bohnet): Dr. Johannes Bohnet, Founder & CEO of Seerene and a leading expert on corporate software production: profile, speaking topics, recorded talks, impressions from the stage, press, and speaker request.
- [For CTOs and CIOs · Software Production Governance · Seerene](https://www.seerene.com/cto): Set technology priorities the board can follow and engineering can verify: for CTOs, architecture, quality, technical debt and AI impact; for CIOs, the business value and governance of the application portfolio. Read-only, independent baseline typically about 30 days from data readiness.
- [For CEOs · Software Production Governance · Seerene](https://www.seerene.com/ceo): Software production decides how fast strategy becomes reality. Seerene gives CEOs one independent view of whether speed turns into business value, where the next investment reaches the product and where structural risk sits.
- [For CFOs · Software Production Governance · Seerene](https://www.seerene.com/cfo): Software is among the largest operating expenses and the only one without an independent control model. Seerene puts cost, capacity and structural risk of software production on one consistent basis, read-only, typically about 30 days from data readiness.
- [For Engineering Leadership · Software Production Governance · Seerene](https://www.seerene.com/engineering-leadership): Explain causes upward with evidence: capacity, rework, dependencies and AI effects across all teams on one definition, traced to system level, validated by you before leadership sees it. Read-only, no new tools.
- [For Supervisory and Executive Boards · Oversight of software and AI risk · Seerene](https://www.seerene.com/supervisory-board): What a supervisory board or executive board can ask about software and AI, which evidence management can bring, and how a quarterly board view stays separate from operational steering.
- [Insights · Software production governance, AI in software production, executive perspectives · Seerene](https://www.seerene.com/news): Research, executive conversations and method notes on Software Production Governance, AI in software production and the leadership of large engineering organizations. Authored and dated.
- [Software Excellence Network · Peer forum for leaders who run software at scale](https://www.seerene.com/software-excellence): The Software Excellence Network is an invitation-only peer forum for CIOs, CTOs and engineering leaders, founded and hosted by Seerene with a peer-led agenda. Events at the Hasso Plattner Institute and Schloss Fürstlich Drehna since 2021.
- [Executive Brief](https://www.seerene.com/executive-brief): one-page summary for internal forwarding.

## Insights (articles)

- [Who Controls the Software Factory?](https://www.seerene.com/news/who-controls-the-software-factory-executive-exchange-at-schloss-fuerstlich-drehna) — 2026-06-01
- [Software Production Governance: what it is, why it matters, and why generative AI makes it urgent](https://www.seerene.com/news/software-production-governance) — 2026-05-07
- [The Evolving Role of the CIO: From Technology Manager to Governance Architect](https://www.seerene.com/news/cio-role) — 2025-11-10
- [Turning Point in Software Management: Why CIOs Must Take Control of Software Now](https://www.seerene.com/news/turning-point-in-software-management) — 2025-11-05
- [Software as a management task: a strategic retreat at Schloss Fürstlich Drehna](https://www.seerene.com/news/software-as-a-management-task-a-strategic-retreat-at-schloss-fuerstlich-drehna) — 2025-09-29
- [The 60% software drain: why CIOs must put efficiency on the boardroom agenda](https://www.seerene.com/news/the-60-software-drain) — 2025-09-24
- [Strategy sets direction. Efficiency determines speed and range.](https://www.seerene.com/news/strategy-sets-direction-efficiency-determines-speed-and-range) — 2025-09-15
- [Inside Bosch’s blueprint for automotive software excellence](https://www.seerene.com/news/inside-boschs-blueprint-for-automotive-software-excellence) — 2025-08-25
- [From programming to orchestration: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Pree on the future of software in the age of AI](https://www.seerene.com/news/from-programming-to-orchestration-prof-dr-wolfgang-pree-on-the-future-of-software-in-the-age-of-ai) — 2025-08-14
- [Navigating the future of insurance software: security, agility and cloud strategy](https://www.seerene.com/news/navigating-the-future-of-insurance-software-security-agility-and-cloud-strategy) — 2025-08-04
- [From competition to collaboration: how CIOs can harness community-driven innovation for industrial transformation](https://www.seerene.com/news/from-competition-to-collaboration-how-cios-can-harness-community-driven-innovation-for-industrial-transformation) — 2025-07-31
- [Dynamic shared ownership: how Bayer is rewiring the enterprise for agility, purpose and AI readiness](https://www.seerene.com/news/dynamic-shared-ownership-how-bayer-is-rewiring-the-enterprise-for-agility-purpose-and-ai-readiness) — 2025-07-24
- [No end to programming: rethinking software development in the age of generative AI](https://www.seerene.com/news/no-end-to-programming-rethinking-software-development-in-the-age-of-generative-ai) — 2025-07-17
- [The rise of the AI operating model: what CIOs must rethink beyond technology](https://www.seerene.com/news/the-rise-of-the-ai-operating-model-what-cios-must-rethink-beyond-technology) — 2025-07-10
- [The threefold transformation of ZF Group: driving a data-driven future](https://www.seerene.com/news/the-threefold-transformation-of-zf-group-driving-a-data-driven-future) — 2025-06-09
- [Sustainability as a catalyst for software innovation in industry: insights from Dr. Frank Melzer](https://www.seerene.com/news/sustainability-as-a-catalyst-for-software-innovation-in-industry-insights-from-dr-frank-melzer) — 2025-06-02
- [Christina Meier’s vision for software-centric growth](https://www.seerene.com/news/christina-meiers-vision-for-software-centric-growth) — 2025-06-01
- [Bridging the gap: software production and sustainability](https://www.seerene.com/news/bridging-the-gap-software-production-and-sustainability) — 2025-05-26
- [The 2030 operating model](https://www.seerene.com/news/2030-operating-model) — 2025-05-21
- [Leverage analytics to drive excellence in software development](https://www.seerene.com/news/leverage-analytics-to-drive-excellence-in-software-development) — 2025-05-21
- [Turning software factories into strategic assets: insights from Seerene’s approach](https://www.seerene.com/news/turning-software-factories-into-strategic-assets-insights-from-seerenes-approach) — 2025-05-19
- [Leo Li: transformation of the Chinese automotive market](https://www.seerene.com/news/leo-li) — 2025-05-05
- [SDVs as part of reliable distributed systems](https://www.seerene.com/news/seitter-sdvs-as-part-of-reliable-distributed-systems) — 2025-04-28
- [Generative AI in software production](https://www.seerene.com/news/generative-ai) — 2025-03-25
- [The role of AI in managing technical debt at scale](https://www.seerene.com/news/role-of-ai-in-technical-debt) — 2025-03-20
- [The evolving role of the CIO: from tech leader to business innovator](https://www.seerene.com/news/cio-business-innovator) — 2025-03-12
- [Die Zukunft der Automobilsoftware: Martin Schleicher über Wertschöpfung, Open Source und agile Entwicklung](https://www.seerene.com/news/die-zukunft-der-automobilsoftware-schleicher) — 2025-02-07 (German)

## Software Excellence Network (gatherings)

- [Klausurtagung Software-Management 2026](https://www.seerene.com/sen/klausurtagung-software-management-05-2026) — 7–8 May 2026
- [From Digital Transformation to Mastery](https://www.seerene.com/sen/from-digital-transformation-to-mastery) — 5 March 2026
- [Software als Management-Task 2025](https://www.seerene.com/sen/software-als-management-task-2025) — 24–25 September 2025
- [Transform or Face Disruption](https://www.seerene.com/sen/transform-or-face-disruption) — 4 June 2025
- [Beyond the Engine](https://www.seerene.com/sen/beyond-the-engine) — November 2024
- [Envisioning Tomorrow’s Code](https://www.seerene.com/sen/envisioning-tomorrows-code) — 16 May 2024
- [Sharing the Roadmap](https://www.seerene.com/sen/sharing-the-roadmap) — 2 November 2023
- [Navigating Software Production](https://www.seerene.com/sen/navigating-software-production) — 29 March 2023
- [Automotive Software Factory — Learning Curves](https://www.seerene.com/sen/learning-curves) — 22 September 2022
- [Softwareproduktion aus Sicht des CFO](https://www.seerene.com/sen/softwareproduktion-cfo) — 23 June 2022
- [Softwareproduktion & Sustainability](https://www.seerene.com/sen/software-production-sustainability) — March 2022
- [Die ideale Software Factory für Finance & Insurance](https://www.seerene.com/sen/ideale-software-factory-finance-insurance) — 14 October 2021
- [Automotive Software Factory](https://www.seerene.com/sen/automotive-software-factory) — 22 September 2021

## Media coverage, interviews and recorded talks (external)

- YouTube · Seerene channel: [See what our customers say](https://www.youtube.com/@Seerene/videos) — Customer conversations and executive perspectives on software production.
- Talk · with Bosch: [Enabling strategic steering and management of large-scale software development organizations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2T5dim5Rwc) — Dr. Johannes Bohnet together with Bosch, recorded talk. A practice perspective, not a quantified product effect.
- Talk · AI coding: [Leveraging the power of AI-based code production](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzlTHsdOm4c) — Why code volume alone says nothing about quality and maintainability.
- Handelsblatt: [Drei Herausforderungen bei der Anwendung von KI und die Rolle von Deep Tech](https://www.seerene.com/files/johannes-bohnet/2020-03-handelsblatt-ki-und-deep-tech.pdf) — Guest contribution, March 2020 · German
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: [Ein Programm wie eine Skyline](https://www.faz.net/aktuell/karriere-hochschule/die-gruender/unternehmen-solle-ihre-eigene-software-besser-kennenlernen-14430735.html) — Manfred Schäfers · Portrait in the series Die Gründer, 13 September 2016 · German
- manager magazin: [When software errors destroy millions of dollars every second](https://www.manager-magazin.de/digitales/it/it-experte-bohnet-kritisiert-veraltete-software-an-boersen-a-1043916.html) — Interview · German
- DIALOG · EFESO Management Consultants: [„Die Code-Stadt ist immer im Umbau.“](https://www.roi.de/roi-dialog/dialog-ausgabe-67/details/die-code-stadt-ist-immer-im-umbau) — Interview with Dr. Johannes Bohnet · DIALOG #67, Code Excellence · German
- Further reading in CIO: [Herausforderung für CIOs: Die Ära der Software Factory](https://www.cio.de/article/3688037/die-aera-der-software-factory.html) — Oliver Viel · 9 November 2020 · German · article by Seerene’s Chief Communication Officer

## People

- Dr. Johannes Bohnet — Founder and CEO; speaker profile with topics, recordings and press: https://www.seerene.com/johannes-bohnet (leadership overview: https://www.seerene.com/about). Doctorate from the Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam; founder of the Software Excellence Network.

## Contact

- Executive Briefing: https://www.seerene.com/briefing · hello@seerene.com · +49 331 706 234 0