Tom DeMarco (b.1940) is an American software engineer, author, and consultant known for his contributions to structured analysis, software project management, and organizational productivity.
Born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, he earned a BSEE from Cornell, an M.S. from Columbia, and a diplôme from the University of Paris. He began his career at Bell Telephone Laboratories (1963,) working on the ESS-1 project, the first large-scale electronic switching system.
In the 1970s, DeMarco was a key figure in structured analysis, publishing Structured Analysis and System Specification (1978,) a milestone in software engineering. He later co-founded The Atlantic Systems Guild, specializing in software development methods and management.
Notable works include Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (1987, co-authored with Tim Lister,) The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management (1997,) Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency (2001,) and Waltzing with Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects (2003,) exploring software development, project management, and workplace culture.
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Craziness is doing the same thing and expecting a different result
—Tom DeMarco
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