Martin Fowler

Chief Scientist

My talks

Software Design in the 21st Century and Big Data

Join ThoughtWorks, featuring Martin Fowler and Ken Collier, & industry peers for an evening of learning, networking, and discussion.

San Francisco, CA, February 7, 2013

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Software Design in the 21st Century

Join ThoughtWorks for this opportunity to hear from Martin Fowler and enjoy an evening engaging with colleagues.

Toronto, ON, October 29, 2012

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Software Design in the 21st Century Toronto

Join ThoughtWorks and InfoQ for this opportunity to hear from Martin Fowler and enjoy an evening engaging with colleagues.

Toronto, ON, October 29, 2012

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About me

Martin, a renowned author, software consultant and speaker, brings two decades of experience helping corporations utilize object technology for mission-critical information systems.

Before joining ThoughtWorks, Martin was an independent consultant. He worked with clients in Europe and North America pioneering object-oriented design and Agile methods. He was particularly involved with enterprise application development, the Unified Modelling Language, Extreme Programming, Refactoring, and harvesting patterns. His clients included the UK National Health Service, Chrysler, Citibank, Netscape and Andersen Consulting.

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The New Methodology

In the past few years there's been a blossoming of a new style of software methodology - referred to as agile methods. Alternatively characterized as an antidote to bureaucracy or a license to hack they've stirred up interest all over the software landscape. In this essay Martin Fowler explores the reasons for agile methods, focusing not so much on their weight but on their adaptive nature and their people-first orientation.