Scott Ambler

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Scott Ambler.

Scott W. Ambler (1966) is a Canadian software engineer, consultant and author, currently Senior Consulting Partner at Scott Ambler + Associates. He is known as author of several books focused on the Disciplined Agile Delivery process decision framework, the Unified process, Agile software development, the Unified Modeling Language, and CMM-based development.

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[edit] Biography

Ambler received a BSc in computer science and a MA in information science from the University of Toronto. He has been working in the IT industry since the mid-1980s, and with object technology since the early 1990s.[1] Since 1990 he has worked with OO technology in various roles: Business Architect, System Analyst, System Designer, Project Manager, Smalltalk programmer, Java programmer, and C++ programmer.[2] Further he led the development of several software processes, including Agile Modeling (AM), Agile Data (AD), Enterprise Unified Process (EUP), and Agile Unified Process (AUP) methodologies.

Scott has been a contributing editor with Dr. Dobbs Journal,[3] and has written columns for Software Development, Object Magazine, and Computing Canada.[2]

He is speaker at a wide variety of practitioner, Academic and private conferences world wide, such as conferences on Software Development, Agile Universe, UML World, JavaOne, BorCon, Comdex, and Application Development, conferences such as OOPSLA, EuroSPI, and CAiSE and conferences held by large, Fortune 500 conferences for their managers and IT staff.[4]

He is a Fellow of the International Association of Software Architects, an Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) committer, and a Jolt Judge at the Jolt Awards.[1]

[edit] Work

Ambler has developed the Agile Unified Process (AUP) - a simplified version of the Rational Unified Process - and the Enterprise Unified Process, an extension of the Rational Unified Process.

[edit] See also

[edit] Publications

Scott Ambler has published several books[5] and articles.[6] A selection:

  • 1995. The object primer : the application developer’s guide to object-orientation. SIGS Books. ISBN 1-884842-17-8
  • 1998. Process patterns : building large-scale systems using object technology. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-64568-9
  • 2002. Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for EXtreme Programming and the Unified Process. J. Wiley. ISBN 0-471-20282-7.
  • 2002. The Unified Process Transition and Production Phases. With Larry Constantine. CMP Books, Lawrence 2002. ISBN 1-57820-092-X.
  • 2003. The Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture. WithJames McGovern, Mike Stevens, James Linn, Vikas Sharan, and Elias Jo. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-141275-2
  • 2003. Agile database techniques : effective strategies for the agile software developer. Wiley Publishing. ISBN 0-471-20283-5
  • 2004. The Object Primer: Agile Model Driven Development with UML 2. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-54018-6
  • 2005. Enterprise Unified Process: Extending the Rational Unified Process. Prentice Hall PTR. ISBN 0-13-191451-0.
  • 2006. "Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design. With Pramod J. Sadalage. Addison Wesley Professional. ISBN 0-321-29353-3
  • 2012. Disciplined Agile Delivery. With Mark Lines. IBM Press. ISBN 978-0132810135

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Scott W. Ambler's Home Page
  2. ^ a b Scott W. Ambler (1998). An Introduction to Process Patterns. An AmbySoft Inc. White Paper.
  3. ^ Dr. Dobbs Journal
  4. ^ Speaking Engagements. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
  5. ^ My Books at ambysoft.com. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
  6. ^ Scott Ambler's Articles and Other Writings. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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