Social
Biography
Kent Palmer is a Real-time Software Engineer, and Systems Engineer. He has a Ph.D. in Sociology and Philosophy of Science from the London School of Economics with a dissertation titled The Structure of Theoretical Systems in Relation to Emergence. He has worked in Aerospace Industry for 30 years recently transitioning to Agile at Scale consulting in commercial firms. He also has a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering with a dissertation titled Emergent Design. His CV and several monographs related to Special Systems theory are available at http://works.bepress.com/kent_palmer. His homepage for various works on Systems Theory, Systems Engineering, Sociological Theory and other subjects is at http://archonic.net. His most recent dissertation is at http://about.me/emergentdesign. See also http://scaleagile.com, http://agiletheory.com, and http://onticity.com. His resume and recent papers are at http://kentpalmer.name.
Education
University of South Austraila
Ph.D.
Systems Engineering
2009
Dissertation on Emergent Design
See http://about.me/emergentdesign
London School of Economics, University of London
Ph.D.
Sociology (Philosophy of Science)
1982
Dissertation: The Structure of Theoretical Systems in relation to Emergence
See http://archonic.net/disab.html
University of Kansas
BA
Sociology, East Asian Studies
1974
Honors Thesis on Symbolic Interactionism and Jungian Psychology
Links
Sample Talks
Dean Leffingwell’s Vision of Agile at Scale Transformation (SAFe): A Brief Overview and Critique
Discussion of Agile at Scale transformation using Dean Leffingwell's model as an example. Offering a short introduction and a Critique. See briefing at http://kentpalmer.name
Style
Availability
- Panelist
- Workshop Leader
- Corporate Training
