Tom DeMarco

Peter Hruschka

Tim Lister

Steve McMenamin

James Robertson

Suzanne Robertson

John Palmer

John Palmer was director of systems analysis at Yourdon Inc. when he and co-author Steve McMenamin published their Essential Systems Analysis, which set the standard for systems analysis for many years to come. As well as introducing the notion of the "essential" or "logical" system, their idea of events gave the analysis world a better way to partitioning systems. Event decomposition today is used for use cases and business processes. His recent research includes actor-based approaches to software development.

John Palmer currently works as Director of Methodology Architecture within the IBM Consulting Group, Mount Pleasant, NY. In this role, John responsibility includes constructing a comprehensive repository-based methods framework for IBM consultants. This involves the adaptation and consolidation of proven approaches from both inside and outside IBM.

John is a frequent speaker at software conferences world-wide, and writes a regular column for SIGS' Object Magazine.