Norman L. Kerth has facilitated project retrospectives
for more than twenty years. Over that time, he has refined
retrospectives, blending the best wisdom and techniques
of project experts, such as Deming, Senge, and Peters,
with that of "people" experts, such as Satir,
Brandon, and Kubler-Ross. Gerald
Weinberg heralds Norm's Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team
Reviews, as "the definitive work
on the subject." Many of those involved in retrospectives
look to Norm as a leader in the field.
Norm is also an expert consultant in the areas of specification
and design methodologies with emphasis on object-oriented
technologies. A leader in the emerging area known as
Patterns, he is especially interested in turning
around failed projects. His projects have ranged from
the development of a real-time intensive automated factory
floor to robotics to user interface intensive Internet-hosted
application programs in Smalltalk, C++, and Java.
A consultant, his clients include Mentor Graphics,
Tektronix, Data General, Sequent, Automatic Data Processing,
Intel, Leupold & Stevens, Wacker Siltronic, Josten's
Learning, the Grass Valley Group, Empros Systems International,
Itron, Audio Precision, Stonner Associates, CAChe Scientific,
Northwest Natural Gas, American Express, Syntellect,
IBM, Allen-Bradley, Sun Microsystems, Computer Curriculum
Corporation, Spectra Physics, Nike, U.S. Army, Andersen
Consulting, Landmark Data, Jones Cyber Solutions, Weyerheauser,
Microsoft, Nortel, SCT, Inprise/Borland, the University
of Southwestern Louisiana, and the National Science
Foundation.
Before starting his consulting practice, Norm was a
professor at the University of Portland and spent ten
years working for Tektronix in a variety of positions,
including corporate software engineering consultant.
He is currently a member of the Weinberg & Weinberg
faculty. Norm resides outside Portland, Oregon.
Norm suffered a debilitating brain injury in a car
accident in 1999. He suffered permanent physical and
cognitive disabilities. If you'd like to help Norm,
please send a check payable to the "Norm Kerth
Benefit Fund" to: Karl Wiegers, 11491 SE 119th
Drive, Happy Valley, OR, 97086-8278. Like Norm, Karl
is a Dorset House author; he administers the fund with
another friend of Norm's, Paul Blattner.
To contribute online, you can visit http://www.processimpact.com/norm_kerth.html
and make a payment of any multiple of $10 through PayPal
or through the Amazon Honor System. (Donations to individuals
are not tax-deductible.) Norm is profoundly grateful
for the support of his friends and well-wishers. Thanks
in advance for your generosity.
For more information, visit Process Impact and read
this article from iDH blog: http://www.dorsethouse.com/inside/2007/03/sd-west-raffle-to-aid-author-norm-kerth_13.html
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