Steve Messenger is the current Chairman of the DSDM Consortium and is an independent consultant, coach and trainer in Agile generally and DSDM in particular. Steve has been involved in Agile since its inception, DSDM being one of the signatories to the Agile Manifesto, and was also pioneering iterative approaches to software development from the mid-1990s. As well as managing many Agile projects, Steve has implemented DSDM into the highly regulated pharmaceutical industry, particularly during his role as Software Engineering Manager for Mundipharma IT Services.
Steve is a Certified DSDM Practitioner, Trainer and Examiner and has co-authored papers on DSDM and PRINCE2, applying DSDM in an offshore environment and using DSDM with PMBOK. Steve is also on the Consortium editorial board. Accredited in project management techniques such as PRINCE2, Steve still firmly believes the best training is through experience and in his 35 years has undertaken all of the IT roles from trainee programmer through to project manager for large 6 figure projects.
