User:JonKernPA
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Jon Kern, a co-author of the Agile Manifesto, is an aerospace engineer turned software architect, and is credited with such industry slogans as:
- Agile (from his work with agile fighter maneuverability and the prompting by Alistair Cockburn that he didn't want us agilists to be known as lightweight - anything ;-))
- Technical Debt] (allowing software to rust -- although I see Ward Cunningham claims that phrase, which leads me to wonder if I heard it from him or if we both came up with it...)
- And a "Fool with a Tool is Still a Fool" (I am quite sure no one will want this phrase as their own <g>)
Kern was also a founding member of the Agile Alliance and served as an inaugural Board Member. He maintains a blog and wiki.
Jon lives in Eastern Pennsylvania, USA.
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[edit] Experience
- Cruise Missile engine R&D (1981-1986)
- DOD engineering consulting (flight simulation...) (1986-1995)
- Formed Lightship, Inc. (1995-1999)
- TogetherSoft with Peter Coad (1999 - 2003)
- OptimalJ Team with Compuware (2003-2006)
- Immuexa Consulting (2006 - present)
- Synergy Insurance Consulting (eons)
- Fire Planning Associates and Blazemark (2008)
[edit] Publications
- Coad, Peter; Mark Mayfield, Jon Kern (December 1998). Java Design, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall PTR. ISBN 978-0139111815.
- Coad, Peter; Eric Lefebvre, Jeff De Luca (June 1999). Java Modeling in Color with UML. Prentice Hall PTR. ISBN 978-0130115102.
- Kern, Steven; Jon Kern (August 1997). Lotus Notes and Domino 4.5 Developer's Guide. SAMS Publishing. ISBN 978-0672310799.
- Kern, Steven; Debbie Lynd, Jon Kern, et al (November 1999). Lotus Notes R5 Unleashed. SAMS Publishing. ISBN 978-0672314148.
[edit] Patents
- US Patent 6,938,240 "Methods and systems for improving a workflow based on data mined from plans created from the workflow."
