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Peter Sterpe

Assistant Professor of the Practice

Department

Business Analytics

Profile

Peter Sterpe is a senior technology professional. His broad background ranges from hands-on software development to managing complex technical organizations, and spans consulting, startup, and corporate environments. He is a proven team builder, researcher, writer, platform speaker, and educator, and has developed enterprise caliber software products as well as internal business systems. Peter has co-founded two software startups, managed numerous application development teams, written industry analysis for Forrester, and educated executives in the strategic uses of computing. He currently teaches in the Business Analytics department of the Carroll School of Management at Boston College where he designed the core "Coding for Business" course.

Peter plays piano and sings … with enthusiasm. He did his undergraduate and graduate work in Computer Science and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from MIT.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • “Ten Mistakes That Send Development Projects Off Track.” (With Carey Schwaber and Jacqueline Stone.) Forrester Research, 2007.

  • “Rescuing Train Wrecks: Putting Derailed Software Projects Back On Track.” (With Carey Schwaber, Jacqueline Stone and David D'Silva.) Forrester Research, 2007.

  • “App Dev Managers Should Measure Team Productivity.” (With Carey Schwaber, Mike Gilpin, Alex Cullen and Kahini Ranade.) Forrester Research, 2007.

  •  “Best Practices: Estimating Development Projects.” (With Carey Schwaber, Marc Cecere, Mike Gilpin and David D'Silva.) Forrester Research, 2008.