Tom DeMarco
Tom DeMarco ( born August 20, 1940 in Pennsylvania, USA) is the inventor of the Structured analysis and has through his contributions to the field of software management software technology played a decisive role. In particular, he was known by a work of fiction: The appointment - A novel about project management. DeMarco stands for the proposition that the crucial aspects of software development are human, not technical, and what are the responsibilities of management here.
Life
Tom DeMarco was for many years in software development, for example at Bell Laboratories, works. The mid-1980s he has, inter alia, with Timothy Lister the company ' The Atlantic Systems Guild ' was founded, where he is active to this day.
In terms of software engineering in particular its contribution to the requirement specification of software projects as well as various contributions to software management, such as to emphasize, for example, studies on the effects on productivity. His books are characterized by a lot of humor and the basic message that man and not the technology is the key factor in software development.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, a Master of Science from Columbia University, a diploma from the Sorbonne and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the City University London.
- Tom DeMarco, PJ Plauger (eds.): Structured Analysis and System Specification. Prentice Hall, June 1979 ISBN 0,138,543,801th
- Tom DeMarco: What you can not measure it, ... Can not control it. 2 edition. Addison-Wesley, February 25, 2008 ( Original title: Controlling Software Projects: Management, Measurement, and Estimates ), ISBN 978-3826614880.
- Tom DeMarco: Why is software so expensive? Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3446189025
- Tom DeMarco: The date. ( Original: The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management. ) Hanser Fachbuchverlag, Leipzig 1998, ISBN 3446194320
- Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister: Vienna waits for you! ( Original: Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams ) Hanser Fachbuchverlag, Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3446212779
- Tom DeMarco: Travels ( Original: Slack - Getting Past Burnout, busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency), Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3446216650
- Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister: Bear tango. ( Original: Waltzing With Bears) Hanser Fachbuchverlag, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3446223339
- Tom DeMarco et al.: Adrenaline junkies & form Zombies - Patterns of Project Behavior ( Original: Project Behaviors: from adrenaline junkies to Template Zombies ), Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich, Vienna 2007, ISBN 9783446412545