Jim Highsmith

Jim Highsmith is a founding member of the Agile Alliance, coauthor of the Agile Manifesto, and an executive consultant with ThoughtWorks, Inc. He has spent more than thirty years as an IT manager, product manager, project manager, developer, and consultant. He consults with development organizations worldwide on accelerating development in today’s increasingly complex, uncertain environments. Highsmith is author of Adaptive Software Development, winner of the 2000 Jolt Award, and (with Alistair Cockburn) coeditor of The Agile Software Development Series. In 2005, he was honored with the international Stevens Award for outstanding contributions to systems development.