James Bullock

James Bullock has been successfully building systems for more than 20 years. In that time he has built high-volume embedded control software, automated plant-floor manufacturing, architected enterprise data warehouse systems, created tools used to manage multi-million SLOC tactical and commercial systems, run technology departments in Internet-based businesses, and shipped multiple releases of innovative SW products for the enterprise.

Through this varied experience, James has remained more interested in how systems are built than in the systems themselves. He has written on subjects such as the development system as a system, the value of testing as a function in a business, software tools and methods in
e-commerce, database performance tuning, and how software projects differ from other projects. He is the lead editor of Roundtable on Project Management and coeditor of Roundtable on Technical Leadership, both published by Dorset House.

A Seattle resident, since 2002 James has focused on "conscious software development" guiding clients in purposefully changing how they develop the software they depend on. He is currently developing presentations of general systems thinking in software engineering practice and teaching. James still occasionally builds software or does automated testing because, he says, "I like the toys."

Reach him at: jbullock@rare-bird-ent.com.

Bibliography: James Bullock

	Roundtable on Project Management: A SHAPE Forum Dialogue (with Gerald M. Weinberg and Marie Benesh) ISBN: 978-0-932633-48-4 ©2001    200 pages    softcover   $15.95 (plus shipping)
	Roundtable on Technical Leadership: A SHAPE Forum Dialogue (with Gerald M. Weinberg and Marie Benesh) ISBN: 978-0-932633-51-4 ©2002    176 pages    softcover $15.95 (plus shipping)