Grady was kind to sit with me and discuss 10 years of Agile Software Development, Architecture, and Distributed Teams. We filmed some video: Bill interviews Grady Booch We discuss the industry, architecture, a decade of agile, and distributed teams.
What struck me is how nice he is. Although he is IBM Research’s chief Scientist, IEEE Fellow, ACM Fellow,and IBM Fellow, he said having a 9 year old call him a role model was more important than the titles. I was impressed by how much leadership and human factors he feels applies to the role of an architect. We also discussed a bit about scaling Agile for large projects.
The beauty of this was I felt like I was sitting right next to him, even though he was at his home in Colorado and I was on the East Coast. We were 1,700 miles away. Thanks to virtual worlds, it didn’t feel like it.
Grady and Bill
