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Mary Gerush

Mary Gerush
Senior Analyst

Research Coverage

Application Development, Application Development Management, Application Development Metrics & Benchmarks, Application Development Organizational Structure, Application Development Processes & Tools, Application Development Roles & Responsibilities, IT Management, Portfolio Management & PMOs, Project Management Tools & Processes, Requirements Definition & Management

Research Focus

Mary serves Application Development & Delivery professionals. Her experience in application development and project management enables her to deliver relevant research in application development and support organization, management, metrics, and processes. She also covers project and program management, the evolving role of the business analyst, and requirements definition and management practices and tools.

Previous Work Experience

Mary joined Forrester with more than 15 years of technology experience. She spent nine years with the American Heart Association, six of them in the role of application development manager, managing teams responsible for the development and support of both packaged and custom-built applications. Prior to that, she was with Rockwell International in the role of business programmer analyst. She is a certified Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management professional (PMP).

Education

Mary earned a B.S. from Texas A&M University, graduating with honors.

Latest Research

Planned Research

Tools for designing great user experiences August 2010
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How Much Requirements Documentation Is "Just Enough? October 2010
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Overview Of Project Team Roles And Responsibilities January 2011
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Best Practices: Managing Distributed, Multi-Sourced Software Development And Delivery Teams August 2010
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Did You Know?

Mary enjoys cooking, fine dining, and wine. She is also working on her first novel.


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Recent Media Citations
Manager Magazin (GER), "Project Management: IT Nerds Are A Thing Of The Past," January 12, 2010
SearchCIO.com, "Managing Application Development Outsourcing Risks," December 2, 2009
SearchSoftwareQuality, "Requirements Practices Evolving, Organizations Still Struggle," Nov 16, 2009
CIO, "The 10 Key Capabilities Of Next-Generation Project Managers," October 20, 2009
SD Times, "Changing Requirements, Changing Skills," September 2009
CIO, "Business Analysts: Role Changes Require New Skill Sets," July 28, 2009

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