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Matt has programmed computers since the age of 11 (he's now in his early thirties). He likes to write about software development, as he's "been there still doing that".
He's led lots of projects to create various things. Nowadays he concentrates on systems architecture, agile software development processes, and Java programming (both server and client-side).
Matt lives in Southwest London, England, and is an architect/programmer/project leader in Central London. He writes the 'Developer Central' blog for Application Development Trends magazine, and the 'Agile Iconoclast' column for Reg Developer.
He can be contacted at:
Books
Also check out Geek Fiction, a series of tongue-in-cheek sci-fi short stories. (Beware profanities, poor taste etc).
Recent Articles
Aside from the articles on SoftwareReality.com and his Reg Developer column etc, Matt's recent-ish articles include:
JBuilder Enterprise Review (Application Development Trends, January 2005)
A nice chance to try my hand at this "journalism" thing...
The Irony of Extreme Programming (Dr Dobbs Journal, May 2004)
by Matt Stephens and Doug Rosenberg
This article sums up the objections to XP presented in the XPR book (but doesn't include the proposed improvements that the book goes on to describe in detail).
Persona Power: Extending Use Cases With Persona Analysis (Software Development Magazine, February 2004)
Use cases are an important method for specifying behavioral requirements. Despite this, people still struggle with use cases because they find them too abstract. They’re undoubtedly valuable, but we need to get better at writing them—and one way to do this is through personas and scenarios.
Personas combined with use case scenarios produce a practice that’s surprisingly effective at getting the product design right. How? By identifying the user’s goals and designing the interface around them.
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Too Agile by Half? (Application Development Advisor, January 2004)
by Matt Stephens and Andy Carmichael
Describes some useful techniques for agile planning.
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