Dave WestVice President, Research Director
Agile Methodologies, Application Development, Application Development Metrics & Benchmarks, Application Development Processes & Methodologies, Application Development Processes & Tools, Application Infrastructure Technologies, Application Life-Cycle Management, EA Modeling & Repository Tools, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Practices, IT Management, Portfolio Management & PMOs, Programming Languages, Project Management Tools & Processes, Requirements Definition & Management, Software Change & Configuration Management, Software Modeling
Dave works with Application Development & Delivery professionals. He is a leading expert on software development process, Agile development, Lean thinking, process improvement, project management, and requirements management. His interest in software modeling and application development led to his authoring the book, Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design. He also covers the area of product development and its relationship with software systems development.
Dave has more than 16 years of experience in technology, working with both software vendors and end user organizations. After college, he worked for a large financial organization in both traditional and object-oriented development and on both the mainframe and client/server platforms. Dave then moved to the software tools business, working as a consultant implementing new development processes and tools for numerous companies in Europe, America, and Canada. Moving from consulting to product development, he was responsible for the development of the Rational Unified Process (RUP), adding componentization, SPEMM, and support for Agile development. Taking that experience, he then ran the development of a series of industry solutions in support of financial services, product development, and government sectors. After leaving IBM/Rational, Dave moved into a consulting organization, building and later running Ivar Jacobson Consulting for North America. During that time he worked with clients implementing Agile processes, introducing process improvement, and improving the practices of those customers.
Dave earned a B.A. in computing and business from Huddersfield University in the UK and a M.Sc. in computer science from Southbank University (UK).
Introducing ADAM: Forrester's Application Development Assessment Methodology August 26, 2011 (Rating: 10) BookmarkPDF
Water-Scrum-Fall Is The Reality Of Agile For Most Organizations Today July 26, 2011 (Rating: 9) BookmarkPDF
A Hitchhiker's Guide To Process-Driven Business Transformation And Application Delivery May 13, 2011 (Rating: 9) BookmarkPDF
How Holistic Is Your Application Delivery Transformation? May 06, 2011 BookmarkPDF
The Six Most Meaningful Metrics To Prove And Improve App Dev's Business Value May 03, 2011 (Rating: 9) BookmarkPDF
Forrester Wave Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) April 2012 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
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