Keynote “Effective Software Development In The 21st Century: The New Face Of Software Engineering”

Speaker: Dr. Alistair Cockburn

What are the foundations for improving delivery of software?

In this talk, Alistair Cockburn, one of the founders of the Agile Software Development movement, lays out the foundations for effective software development. They are:
- Craft,
- Design viewed as a cooperative game, Flow management,
- Design as knowledge acquisition,
- Self-awareness at team and personal level.

These cornerstones explain the success of effective teams, provide good advice to live and harried project teams, and create a sound basis for educating the next generation of developers.