Alistair Cockburn

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Alistair Cockburn
Alistair Cockburn in 2007
Nationality	American
Occupation	Computer programmer

Alistair Cockburn (/ˈælɪstər ˈkoʊbərn/ AL-ist-ər KOH-bərn) is an American computer scientist, known as one of the initiators of the agile movement in software development. He cosigned (with 16 others)^[1] the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.^[2]