Ken Orr Explained

Ken Orr
Birth Date:	1939 5, df=yes
Education:	Wichita State University BA 1960, University of Chicago MA 1963
Employer:	The Ken Orr Institute

Kenneth T. Orr (May 10, 1939 – June 14, 2016) was an American software engineer, executive and consultant, known for his contributions in the field of software engineering to structured analysis and the Warnier/Orr diagram.

Education

Orr received his BA in Mathematics and Physics in 1960 from Wichita State University, and his MA in Philosophy in 1963 from the University of Chicago.^[1]

Career

Orr started his career as Director of Information Systems at the State of Kansas in 1970. In 1973 he founded his own firm Ken Orr & Associates, which he directed until 1985. He was Professor at the School of Technology and Information Management of the Washington University in St. Louis, where he directed its Center for the Innovative Application of Technology.^[2] From 1988 until his death he was President of the Ken Orr Institute. Beginning in 2000, Ken served as a Cutter Consortium Fellow and Senior Consultant.^[1] Ken Orr died on June 14, 2016.^[3]

Publications

Books:

• Book: Orr, Ken . Structured systems development . registration . Yourdon Press . New York . 1977 . 9780917072062 .
• Book: Orr, Ken . Structured requirements definition . registration . Ken Orr and Associates, Inc. . Topeka, Kansas . 1981 . 9780960588404 .

Articles, a selection:

• Orr . Ken . Gane . Chris . Yourdon . Edward . Chen . Peter P. . Constantine . Larry L. . Methodology: the experts speak . . 14 . 4 . 221 - 233 . April 1989 . 9781447134312 .
• Orr . Ken . Data quality and systems theory . . 41 . 2 . 66 - 71 . . 10.1145/269012.269023 . February 1998 . 18740509 . free .
• Orr . Ken . CMM versus agile development: Religious Wars and Software Development . Business Agility & Software Engineering (Agile Project Management Executive Report) . 3 . 7 . . 2002 . Word document version.
• Orr . Ken . Agile requirements: opportunity or oxymoron? . . 21 . 3 . 71 - 73 . . 10.1109/MS.2004.1293075 . May–June 2004 . 25069896 .

External links

• The Ken Orr Institute (KOI)

Notes and References

1. http://www.cutter.com/meet-our-experts/kobio.html Ken Orr: Fellow and Senior Consultant
2. PM Network. Vol 9 (1995). p. 61
3. Web site: Kenneth Orr - View Obituary & Service Information.