Edward Nash Yourdon (born 30 April 1944) is an American
software engineer,
computer consultant,
author and
lecturer, and pioneer in the
software engineering methodology. He is known as one of the lead developers of the
structured analysis techniques of the 1970s, as co-developer of the Yourdon/Whitehead method for
object-oriented analysis/design in the late 1980s and the Coad/Yourdon methodology for
object-oriented analysis/design in the 1990s.
Biography
Yourdon received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1965, and carried out graduate work at MIT and at the Polytechnic Institute of New York.
In 1964 Yourdon started working at Digital Equipment Corporation developing FORTRAN programs for the PDP-5 minicomputer and later assembler for the PDP-8. Later in the 1960s and begin 1970s after working at a small consulting firm and as independent consultant in 1974 Yourdon founded his own consulting firm, YOURDON Inc. to provide educational, publishing, and consulting services.
In June 1997, Yourdon was inducted into the Computer Hall of Fame, along with such notables as Charles Babbage, Seymour Cray, James Martin, Grace Hopper, Gerald Weinberg, and Bill Gates. And December 1999 the Crosstalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, named him one of the ten most influential people in the software field.
Work
After developing
structured analysis techniques of the 1970s, and
object-oriented analysis/design in the late 1980s and 1990s in the new millennium Yourdon has specialized in
project management,
software engineering methodologies, and
Web 2.0 development.
Publications
Yourdon has authored over 550 technical articles and authored or coauthored 26 computer books since 1967. A selection:
1967. Real-Time Systems Design. Information & Systems Press.
1972. Design of On-Line Computer Systems. Prentice Hall.
1975. Techniques of Program Structure and Design. Prentice Hall.
1976. Learning to Program in Structured COBOL, Part I and II. With C. Gane and T. Sarson and T. Lister. Prentice Hall.
1978. Learning to Program in Structured COBOL, Part II. With Timothy Lister. Prentice Hall.
1979. Structured Design. with Larry Constantine. Prentice Hall.
1979. Classics in Software Engineering . Prentice Hall.
1982. Writings of the Revolution. Prentice Hall.
1988. Managing the System Life Cycle. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall.
1989. Modern Structured Analysis. Prentice Hall.
1992. Decline and Fall of the American Programmer. Prentice Hall.
1994. Object-Oriented Systems Development: An Integrated Approach. Prentice Hall.
1996. Case Studies in Object-Oriented Analysis and Design. With Carl Argila. Prentice-Hall.
1996. Rise & Resurrection of the American Programmer. Prentice-Hall.
1999. The Complete Y2K Home Preparation Guide. With Robert Roskind. Prentice Hall.
2001. Managing High-Intensity Internet Projects. Prentice Hall
2002. Byte Wars: The Impact of September 11 on Information Technology. Prentice Hall
2003. Death March (2nd edition). Prentice Hall
2004. Outsourcing: Competing in the Global Productivity Race. Prentice Hall
References
External links
Ed Yourdon's blog
Ed Yourdon's twitter
Ed Yourdon's entry in the Computer Hall of Fame
Structured Analysis Wiki
Category:1944 births
Category:American technology writers
Category:Computer pioneers
Category:Computer programmers
Category:Living people
Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
Category:Software engineering researchers
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