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Tim Lister is a principal of the Atlantic Systems Guild, Inc., based in the New York office. He divides his time between consulting, teaching, and writing. Tim is co-author with his partner, Tom DeMarco, of the new book, Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects (Dorset House, 2003). His article, written with Tom DeMarco, Both Sides Always Lose: Litigation of Software Intensive Contracts, was the feature article in the February 2000 issue of the journal, CrossTalk.

He is working on tailoring software development processes using software risk management techniques. He is on the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository Technology Advisory Council, and is a member of the Cutter IT Trends Council. For the Cutter IT Trends Council he has written the majority opinion on Internet2, Continuous Partial Attention, and Risk Management.

Tim Lister and Tom DeMarco are also co-authors of Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams, 2nd Edition (Dorset House, 1999).

Tim is a member of the I.E.E.E. and the A.C.M. He also serves as a panelist for the American Arbitration Association, arbitrating disputes involving software and software services.

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Tim Lister

Principal, Atlantic Systems Guild, Inc.