Robert Cecil Martin

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(b.) December 5, 1952

Description

Initiator of the 2001 meeting that created Agile software development from Extreme Programming techniques, Martin has been a software professional since 1970 and has served as an international software consultant from 1990. He is also a leading member of the Software Craftsmanship movement.

He founded and has served as president of Object Mentor Inc., a team of consultants who mentored their clients in C++, Java, OOP, Patterns, UML, Agile Methodologies, and Extreme Programming. From 1996 to 1999, Martin served as editor-in-chief of the C++ Report.

In 2002 he wrote Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices, which gives pragmatic advice on object-oriented design and development in an agile team. Martin has also published a number of books and articles on programming and software methodologies.

Script Supervised By: Aaron Sylvan

Noted For: Initiated the meeting of the group that created Agile software development from Extreme Programming techniques
Category: Computer Scientist - Software/Mathematics
Affiliation: Object Mentor Inc.
Gender: Male

Citations:

Courtesy of Agile Manifesto (wayback)

Courtesy of Object Mentor

Courtesy of Wikipedia

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