Alistair Cockburn

Alistair Cockburn ( [ ælɨstər koʊbərn ], born November 19, 1953) is an American computer scientist. He is one of the masterminds of agile software development and the authors of the Agile Manifesto. In addition, it comes from the Crystal Method family.

1975 Cockburn makes his degree in computer science in Cleveland. From 1984 to 1991 he worked in communications technology and OO software development at IBM. He then moved into an advisory role at IBM, in particular the methods of OO software development. From 1994 " Humans and Technology" in Salt Lake City.

Writings

  • Alistair Cockburn: Surviving object-oriented projects. Addison -Wesley, Addison-Wesley, 1998, ISBN 0-201-49834-0.
  • Alistair Cockburn: use cases effectively create. Addison -Wesley, Addison-Wesley, 2001 ( Original title: Writing effective use cases ), ISBN 3-8266-1344-9.
  • Alistair Cockburn: Agile software development. Addison -Wesley, Addison-Wesley, 2002 ( Original title: Agile software development ), ISBN 3-8266-1346-5.
  • Alistair Cockburn: Crystal clear: agile software development for small teams. Addison -Wesley, Addison-Wesley, 2005 ( Original title: Crystal clear: a human- powered methodology for small teams ), ISBN 3-8266-1456-9.
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