Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems

Dedication

To William Byron Mowery, whose writing influenced me in subtle ways I am just beginning to understand. Bill Mowery wrote several dozen books and published hundreds of articles from the 1920’s through the early 1950’s. He taught creative writing at New York University. Although I never met him, he was my grandfather, and he passed on a love and understanding of writing to my mother, Dodie, who is an accomplished writer herself. I am indebted to her for a lifetime of encouragement, and to him for a legacy I’ve always wanted to contribute to in my own way.