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Edward Yourdon

Edward Nash Yourdon (April 30, 1944 – January 20, 2016) was an American software engineer, computer consultant, author and lecturer, and software engineering methodology pioneer. He was one of the lead developers of the structured analysis techniques of the 1970s and a co-developer of both the Yourdon/Whitehead method for object-oriented analysis/design…

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Structured programming structured systems analysis and design method
Alma mater
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Born
(1944-04-30)April 30, 1944
Died
January 20, 2016(2016-01-20) (aged 71)
Fields
Computer science
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YOURDON Inc., Cutter Consortium

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