flokinn. by Rowin Heymans

INDEPENDENT ANALYST · LEUVEN, BELGIUM

Hi, I'm Rowin.
Welcome to my desk.

I'm a freelance business analyst. I help people work out what they need from software, and explore where AI can help.

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An illustrated wooden desk: a business card reading Rowin Heymans, an open notebook asking what are we really asking, a coffee, a sketch of a tangle turning into neat boxes, a pencil and an envelope. 01 Start here 02 How I think 04 Away from the screen 03 Untangle something 05 Say hello
An illustrated wooden desk: a business card reading Rowin Heymans, a coffee, an open notebook asking what are we really asking, a sketch of a tangle turning into neat boxes, and an envelope. 01 Start here 04 Away 02 How I think 03 Untangle 05 Say hello
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01 / START HERE

A little about me.

I'm Rowin Heymans, an independent functional and business analyst based in Leuven.

I help teams work out what needs to change before they start building software.

01

Analysis

Understanding how a process works, where it gets difficult, and what needs to change.

02

Practical AI

Trying tools on real tasks and finding out whether they actually help.

03

Exploration

Building small prototypes to see whether an idea is worth taking further.

02 / THE NOTEBOOK

A question worth asking.

Sometimes the useful part of analysis is noticing that we're answering different questions.

  1. Make the question clearer.

    Before choosing a tool or writing a requirement, I want to understand what people are struggling with.

  2. Put something in front of people.

    I often start with a sketch or rough prototype. It helps us notice where we understood the same conversation differently.

  3. Keep the useful part.

    Sometimes a small experiment shows that we don't need to build the thing we had in mind.

Try a small example ↓

03 / A SMALL EXERCISE

“We need an app.”

Six friends are trying to organise a monthly dinner. Someone suggests building a planning app.

FICTIONAL EXAMPLE · MADE FOR THIS SITE

STEP 1 OF 3

What are people asking for?

“We need a place to vote for dates, choose a restaurant and remind everyone.” Before listing features, ask what keeps going wrong.

Before building the app, try changing how the group makes a decision.

04 / AWAY FROM THE SCREEN

Coffee, mostly.

There's usually coffee somewhere on the desk. I've recently started roasting my own.

Away from the desk, I read, lift weights and run.

05 / SAY HELLO

Have a question or want to work together? Send me an email.

Leuven, Belgium · Independent analyst