Grant (PG) Rule
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consulting |
| Occupation | Managing Director & Rightshifter |
| Location | Edenbridge, Kent, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | As a founder of SMS Ltd, COSMIC, & the UK Rightshifting Network, with +35 years experience in softsystems, I am committed to leading firms in learning to be more effective at creating value and achieving desired outcomes for all stakeholders. I fell into computing in 1972. I discovered Jackson Structured Programming in 76, and Harlan Mill’s Chief Programmer Teams in 77; more recently I’ve been using Scrum & Kanban. Gerry Weinberg taught me to explore requirements. I learnt data modelling from Edgar Codd & Chris Date. In the 70s I was exposed to Simpact’s PROMPT. In the 80s I helped write PRINCE. I did CMM Assessments in ‘88, introduced the founders of the European SEPG to the SEI in the 90s. I threw people at late projects despite Fred Brooks (and succeeded under special conditions). I’ve moved from batch, to character-mode VDUs, to page-mode OLTP, distributed PC networks, WiFi & web2 apps. My career’s evolved from ops, to programmer, Chief Programmer, Analyst, DPM, consultant with NCR, methodologist with Michael Jackson Systems Ltd & LBMS. I founded The Guild of Independent Function Point Analysts & my company, SMS in 1994. We’ve learned a lot… |
| Interests | History, Archery, Sailing, Folk Music, Reading |
| Favorite music | Roots music, Folk, Celtic, Irish, Scottish, Cornish, Folk Dance, Morris Dance, Playford, Dulcimer |
| Favorite books | Anything by C.J. Cherryh, Xenophon's 'Anabasis', 'The Jewish War' by Josephus, Caesar's'The Conquest of Gaul', 'The Lord of the Rings', anything on history (especially Celtic, Romano-British, and Anglo-Saxon history before Bill the Bastard messed things up in 1066) |