Wirfs-Brock Associates
Rebecca is an object design pioneer who invented the set of design practices known as Responsibility-Driven Design (RDD) and by accident started the x-Driven Design meme. Along the way she authored two popular object design books that are still in print. She was the design columnist for IEEE Software. You can find her design columns, papers, and writing at wirfs-brock.com.
In her work, Rebecca helps teams hone their design and architecture skills, manage and reduce technical debt, refactor their code, and address architecture risks. She mentors engineers, developers and quality advocates. In addition to coaching and personal mentoring, she teaches and conducts workshops on Responsibility-Driven Design, design heuristics, decision making, being agile about system qualities, and Agile Architecture. In her spare time she jogs (even in the rain).
Another interest of Rebecca’s is software patterns. She serves on the Board of the Hillside Group and recently has written an essay about the relationship between patterns and heuristics, patterns about how to create and manage magic backlogs, sustainable architecture, agile QA, and adaptive systems architectures. If you are interested in writing about your experiences or sharing your wisdom in pattern form, contact Rebecca. She can help you turn your itch for writing into the written word.
