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Jim Highsmith

(1945) Engineer

10 quotes in 58 categories

Jim Highsmith is an engineer, best known for Agile Project Management.

Quick Facts About Jim Highsmith

Born: January 1, 1945
Profession: Engineer
Notable works: Agile Project Management

About Jim Highsmith

James A. Highsmith III is an American software engineer and author of books in the field of software development methodology. He is the creator of Adaptive Software Development, described in his 1999 book "Adaptive Software Development", and winner of the 2000 Jolt Award, and the Stevens Award in 2005. Highsmith was one of the 17 original signatories of the Agile Manifesto, the founding document for agile software development.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Stevens Award

Quotes by Jim Highsmith

Documentation is not understanding, process is not discipline, formality is not skill.

Discipline

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Process is not a substitute for skill.

Process

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The best way to get a project done faster is to start sooner

Best way

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A methodology's weight is a product of its size and ceremony.

Ceremony

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If you have unskilled people who work poorly together, no amount of process will save your projects.

Amount

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Agility is the ability to adapt and respond to change … agile organizations view change as an opportunity, not a threat.

Ability

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If you find that your organization can't make the hard decisions that Scrum demands, then high-risk, uncertain projects have very little probability…

Decision

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Simple rules guide innovative, intelligent responses. Comprehensive rules guide rote, routine responses.

Comprehensive

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The greatest risk we face in software development is that of overestimating our own knowledge.

Development

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Peel back the facade of rigorous methodology projects and ask why the project was successful, and the answer is people.

Answers

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