My article on AI-assisted Process Visualization is now available in print and as E-Paper: iX-Magazin issue 03’25. Its pre-release on heise+ has sparked a remarkable amount of feedback from readers worldwide. As questions went beyond the scope of the initial publication, I decided to compile a Q&A in English to share select follow-ups.

This Q&A covers topics such as: 💼 Enterprise-oriented AI frontend 🥟 Chinese LLMs: Qwen & DeepSeek 🙏 Why I still say “please” in my prompts …and more.

In case you missed it: my article has the overarching theme of “AI-assisted Collaboration”. Building on established diagramming methods, my piece shifts the focus to harnessing Generative AI to streamline tasks, detailing along the way on 9 pages: 🦾 Compliance-driven Human-AI collaboration 🔍 Vendor selection and product review 💰 Realistic cost-considerations 👩🏻‍🏫 Insights from cutting-edge AI/ML research ⚠️ Common pitfalls, including RAG 🗺️ Advanced diagram types from unstructured data

Throughout, I share hands-on methods for an AI-first practice: how can mindful use of AI fuel personal productivity - without compromising trust or burning budgets. I draw from real work experiences and recent research, highlighting what truly works in production – and which pitfalls remain.

In contrast to traditional work styles, this AI-assisted approach provides work artifacts, e.g. diagrams, as something more ephemeral: rapidly generated, fit-for-purpose elements that can be quickly iterated or recreated as needed, using natural language.

Heise+ Article “Hands-on: Process visualization with generative AI” (available in German language: “Prozessvisualisierung mit generativer KI im Praxistest“) (€)

While iX caters primarily to German-speaking IT professionals, the concepts discussed may also be of interest to those with a focus on Business and/or legal or other disciplines. Happy to discuss and clarify.

Particularly the fact-sheets reflect the research status as of late December 2024. To address the challenge of publishing print content in this fast-moving field, I’m maintaining an updates document on GitHub to keep the information current.