Timothy Lister

Tim Lister is a principal of the Atlantic Systems Guild, Inc. and co-author of the "Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams". He spends most of his time consulting on the front end of projects: project planning, project estimating and staffing, risk management, requirements definition, and project strategizing. He has been an invited speaker at the Agile Development Conference three times. Tim, along with the other 5 Principals at the Guild, is co-author of "Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies: Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior" (Dorset House, 2008). Tim Lister has over 40 years of professional software development experience. Before the formation of the Atlantic Systems Guild, he worked at Yourdon Inc. from 1975 to 1983 as Executive Vice President and Fellow. He also serves as a panelist for the American Arbitration Association, arbitrating disputes involving software an software services, and has served as an expert witness in litigation proceedings involving software problems. He is a Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering, certified by IREB.