Matt Stephens (born 1971) is an author and software process expert based in London, UK.
[5] He has co-authored four books on software development: Design Driven Testing: Test Smarter, Not Harder,[6] Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: Theory and Practice,[7] Agile Development with ICONIX Process,[8] and Extreme Programming Refactored: The Case Against XP.
[9] He is also a columnist for The Register, a UK-based IT news website where he writes a monthly "Agile Iconoclast" column on software design and programming,[10] and has written for Dr Dobb's Journal, Software Development Magazine, Application Development Trends and other journals and websites.
The book triggered a lengthy debate in articles, internet newsgroups, and web-site chat areas.
On the book's first page he points out that he is not "anti-agile", rather that the XP process is a fragile implementation of the values described in the Agile Manifesto.