Peter Coad

Peter Coad is a software entrepreneur and author of books on programming. He is notable for his role in defining what have come to be known as the UML colors, [Peter Coad, "Java Design" specifies a consistent notation for denoting four fundamental categories: 1-pink) time, 2-light green) person,place or thing, 3-yellow) role, or 4-pale blue) commentary/description.] a color-coded notation chiefly useful for simplifying one's understanding of a design or model.

Education

Coad attended the Stanford Executive Program for Growing Companies and received a Master of Science in Computer Science (from USC) and a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Electrical Engineering (from OSU).

Career

In 1986, Peter Coad founded Object International, a software consulting firm where he served as President.

During the 1990s Coad co-authored six books on the analysis, design, and programming of object-oriented software. During this time Coad became famous through his work on the Coad/Yourdon method for Object-oriented analysis (OOA) which he had developed together with Edward Yourdon. He is considered a supporter of the lightweight methodology called Feature Driven Development (FDD), which was developed primarily by co-author Jeff De Luca.

In 1999, Coad was one of the founders of the software company TogetherSoft, where he served as Chairman, CEO, and President.

From about 2000 to 2004 Coad was Editor-in-Chief of the Coad Series [ [http://www.informit.com/imprint/series_detail.aspx?st=61306 InformIT: The Coad Series] ] of books from Prentice Hall. This series of books were in the field of software development.

Coad became senior vice president and chief strategist of Borland Software Corp. when Borland bought TogetherSoft in January 2003. Coad left Borland before the end of 2003 and turned his attention to interests outside of the software development field, especially simplified teaching techniques for learning to read The Bible in its original languages.

Bibliography

Books

*"Java Modeling In Color With UML", Peter Coad, Eric Lefebvre, and Jeff De Luca, June 1999, ISBN 0-13-011510-X
*"Java Design: Building Better Apps and Applets" (2nd Edition), Peter Coad, Mark Mayfield, and Jon Kern, 1998, ISBN 0-13-911181-6
*"Object Models: Strategies, Patterns, and Applications", (2nd Edition) Peter Coad, Mark Mayfield, and David North, 1996, ISBN 0-13-840117-9
*"Object-Oriented Programming", Peter Coad and Jill Nicola, 1993, pages 582, ISBN 0-13-032616-X
*"Object Oriented Design", Peter Coad and Ed Yourdon, 1991, ISBN 0-13-630070-7
*"Object Oriented Analysis" (2nd Edition), Peter Coad and Ed Yourdon, 1990, pages 233, ISBN 0-13-629981-4

elected Papers

*" [http://www.pcoad.com/download/amplifiedlearning/amplifiedlearning.pdf Amplified Learning pdf] " A practical guide to applying the "seven intelligences" theory, so that your presentations can be more engaging, effective, and fun.

References

External links

* [http://www.pcoad.com Peter Coad website]