James Robertson is a Cutter Expert and a Principal of the Atlantic Systems Guild. He currently advises companies on how to adapt modern software development techniques to fit specific projects and how to effectively transfer the new technologies to the software developers within the organization. Recently, his research has focused on the development of object-oriented systems, technology transfer techniques, and effective ways of determining system requirements. Mr. Robertson has consulted, together with Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant Suzanne Robertson, on numerous large-scale projects in Europe and the US. Mr. Robertson is coauthor, with Suzanne Robertson, of Requirements-Led Project Management and Mastering the Requirements Process; and coauthor, with Cutter Consortium Fellows Tim Lister and Tom DeMarco, Suzanne Robertson, Peter Hruschka, and Steve McMenamin of the 2009 Jolt Award winner, Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies: Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior. He can be reached at experts@cutter.com.