About the Author

Jim Highsmith is an executive consultant at ThoughtWorks, Inc. He has more than thirty years’ experience as an IT manager, product manager, project manager, consultant, and software developer.

Jim is the author of Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products, Second Edition (Addison-Wesley, 2010); Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems (Dorset House, 2000; winner of the prestigious Jolt Award), and Agile Software Development Ecosystems (Addison-Wesley, 2002). Jim is the recipient of the 2005 international Stevens Award for outstanding contributions to systems development.

Jim is a coauthor of the Agile Manifesto, a founding member of The Agile Alliance, coauthor of the Declaration ...

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