Ken Whitaker

Ken Whitaker of Leading Software Maniacs® (LSM) is the editor for Better Software magazine and a frequent guest writer for http://www.projectmanagement.com (formerly, http://www.gantthead.com). He has more than twenty-five years of software development executive leadership and training experience in a variety of technology roles and industries. Ken has led commercial software teams at Software Publishing (remember Harvard Graphics?), Data General, embedded systems software companies, and enterprise software suppliers. He is an active PMI® member, Project Management Professional (PMP)® certified, and a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM). Sources for LSM’s material come from case studies, personal leadership experience, the PMI Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), and Ken’s project leadership books: Managing Software Maniacs, Principles of Software Development Leadership, and I’m Not God, I’m Just a Project Manager.