Alistair Cockburn

Dr. Alistair Cockburn (pronounced CO-BURN) was named as one of the “42 Greatest Software Professionals of All Times" in 2020 as a world expert on methodologies, project management, software architecture, use cases and agile development. He co-authored the Agile Manifesto in 2001. Since 2015 he has been working on expanding agile to cover every kind of initiative, including social impact project, governments, and families. For his latest work, see alistaircockburn com.

Dr. Cockburn's books cover the range from "Surviving Object Oriented Projects", on project management, to "Design in Object Technology" and "Hexagonal Architecture Explained", both for programmers, to the world-best-seller, "Writing Effective Use Cases", for business analysts, to "Agile Software Development", for everyone moving to agile development. His future works will include "Tactics and Strategies of Successful Project Managers", "Simplifying Software Design", and a four-part series "The Heart of Agile."