Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Jim Highsmith

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Last updated on November 21, 2024.

James A. Highsmith III is an American software engineer and author of books in the field of software development methodology. He is the creator of Adaptive Software Development, described in his 1999 book "Adaptive Software Development", and winner of the 2000 Jolt Award, and the Stevens Award in 2005. Highsmith was one of the 17 original signatories of the Agile Manifesto, the founding document for agile software development.

American - Engineer | Born: 1945

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The greatest risk we face in software development is that of overestimating our own knowledge.

Jim Highsmith

If you find that your organization can't make the hard decisions that Scrum demands, then high-risk, uncertain projects have very little probability of success in your organization.

Jim Highsmith