Rational expert: Scott Ambler

- Helped to develop the Agile at Scale program within IBM Rational.

- Developed the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) methodology.

- Helped numerous clients worldwide to understand agile techniques and how to apply them in practice.

- Author of several agile development books.

Scott W. Ambler is the Chief Methodologist for Agile and Lean at IBM Rational. He travels the world helping clients to understand and adopt software processes that are right for them. A prolific author, Scott has received awards for several books, including those focused on agile software development, Unified Modeling Language, the Unified Process, and development based on the CMM (Capability Maturity Model). A widely recognized expert on Agile, he is a regular speaker at international IT conferences and a senior contributing editor for Dr. Dobb's Journal (link resides outside of ibm.com). Scott also writes the Agility@Scale: Strategies for Scaling Agile Software Development blog on IBM developerWorks.

Dr. Dobb’s Journal. Scott also writes the Agile Software Development at Scale blog on IBM DeveloperWorks.

Prior to working for IBM, Scott led the development of several software processes, including Agile Modeling (AM), Agile Data (AD), Enterprise Unified Process (EUP), and Agile Unified Process (AUP). He holds a BSC in computer science and a MS in information science from the University of Toronto.

Scott’s key areas of expertise include: agile development, agile governance, disciplined agile, scaling model, agile & DevOps, agile architecture, agile data, and agile in regulatory environments.

• Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design (link resides outside of ibm.com)

• The Enterprise Unified Process: Extending the Rational Unified Process (link resides outside of ibm.com)

• The Elements of UML 2.0 Style (link resides outside of ibm.com)

• The Object Primer: Agile Model Driven Development with UML 2 (link resides outside of ibm.com)

• The Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture (link resides outside of ibm.com)

• Agile Database Techniques: Effective Strategies for the Agile Software Developer (link resides outside of ibm.com)

• Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for Extreme Programming and the Unified Process (link resides outside of ibm.com)

• Disciplined Agile Delivery: A Practitioners Guide to Agile Software Delivery in the Enterprise (link resides outside of ibm.com)

• “Best Practices for Lean Development Governance” (with Per Kroll)
  • Part 1: Principles and organization
  • Part II: Processes and measures
  • Part III: Roles and policies
• “A RUP-based approach to developing a data warehouse”
  • Part I: Setting the stage
  • Part II: Building the data warehouse, one iteration at a time
• Podcast interview with Scott on agile development
• Disciplined Agile Delivery: An introduction (PDF, 500KB)
• Lean Development Governance, with Per Kroll

Scott has also written many more books (link resides outside of ibm.com) and articles (link resides outside of ibm.com) about a wide spectrum of other topics related to software development.

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