Forrester Research

Analyst's Photo	Name and Title	Contact information
	Dave West Senior Analyst

Research Coverage

Agile Methodologies, Enterprise Architecture, Portfolio Management & PMOs, Application Development, Application Life-Cycle Management, EA Modeling & Repository Tools, IT Management, Programming Languages, Application Infrastructure Technologies, Software Modeling, Requirements Definition & Management, Software Change & Configuration Management, Application Development Processes & Methodologies, Enterprise Architecture Practices, Project Management Tools & Processes, Application Development Metrics & Benchmarks, Application Development Processes & Tools

Research Focus

Dave works with Application Development & Program Management professionals. He is a leading expert on software development process, Agile development, Lean thinking, process improvement, project management and requirements management. His interest in software modeling and application development led to his authoring the book Head First Object Oriented Analysis and Design. He also covers the area of product development and its relationship with software systems development.

Previous Work Experience

Dave has more than 16 years of experience in technology working with both software vendors and end-user organizations. After university, he worked for a large financial organization in both traditional and object-oriented development, on both the mainframe and client/server platforms. Dave then moved to the software tools business, working as a consultant implementing new development processes and tools for numerous companies in Europe, America, and Canada. Moving from consulting to product development, he was responsible for the development of the Rational Unified Process (RUP), adding componentization, SPEMM, and support for Agile development. Taking that experience, he then ran the development of a series of industry solutions in support of financial services, product development, and government sectors. After leaving IBM/Rational, Dave moved into a consulting organization building and later ran Ivar Jacobson Consulting for North America. During that time he worked with clients implementing Agile processes, introducing process improvement, and improving the practices of those customers.