Tim Lister 02/19/08

Talk: Patterns that Help or Hinder Agility

Tim Lister is a software consultant at the Atlantic Systems Guild, Inc., based in the New York office. He divides his time between consulting, teaching, and writing. Tim is co-author with his partner, Tom DeMarco, of the book, Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects (Dorset House, 2003) that won Software Development magazine’s Jolt Award as General Computing Book of the Year for 2003-2004. Tim Lister and Tom DeMarco are also co-authors of Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams, (Dorset House, 1999) now available in 14 languages. Tim is currently a member of the Cutter IT Trends Council. He is a member of the I.E.E.E. and the A.C.M. He is in his 20th year as a panelist for the American Arbitration Association, arbitrating disputes involving software and software services.