Hi, I’m Darko!
IT Professional, MBA
Bridging Tech, Business and People with Creativity & Energy
My superpowers
Business Analysis
I transform complex problems into clear, actionable insights that drive smarter decisions and meaningful outcomes.
Project Management
I orchestrate projects with precision, keeping teams aligned, goals clear, and results delivered on time.
I like to write…
Words are my toolkit – I simplify ideas, share knowledge, and craft narratives that stick.
…and to learn
Curiosity fuels me; I constantly explore new skills, trends, and perspectives to stay ahead and grow.
Biography
With 25+ years of experience in software development – 10 of those in business analysis and project management – I’ve successfully led cross-functional teams in delivering complex software solutions for international clients. With strategic mindset and operational experience, I focused my expertise to an environments where technology plays a key role in optimizing business processes and ensuring compliance.
My experience covers the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to implementation, ensuring that business needs are translated into effective digital solutions. I thrive in complex environments, quickly adapt to industry standards, and bring a strong growth mindset to mastering new domains.
Latest thoughts
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Spec-Driven Development: Hands-On Lifecycle Guide
This walkthrough is written from the perspective of the person who owns the requirements: the Business Analyst, Product Owner or Product Manager. The team, adoption and presentation sections are also useful to Project Managers planning how SDD fits delivery. 1. What SDD is, in one picture In spec-driven development the spec, not the code, is…
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Do we need a frontend at all?
Every organisation has a legacy application that people depend on, that badly needs a refresh, and whose ageing technology makes that refresh hard to do. The instinct is to rebuild the interface on something modern. Before committing to that, I wanted to check an assumption hiding inside it — that the answer to a bad…
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A day with an undocumented legacy app
Most companies have one. Critical to the business, running on a frontend that aged badly, and documented nowhere. Replacing it gets discussed every year and never scoped, because nobody can say what it would take. I ran an experiment on one of them with Claude, to find out whether that question was actually hard or…
My books
How Machines Learn, Decide, and Change Business – A Guide for the Curious Professional
A Practical Onboarding Playbook for Business & Delivery Professionals
How-to-Start with Implementation Playbook
Let’s get in touch
Send me an email
Where am I?
Zagreb, Croatia
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