Brendan Cain supported much of the early process research underlying these patterns. The research of Peter Bürgi who spent time as a cultural anthropologist in our Research organization, has strongly influenced the pattern language. The pattern language took shape and had its first applications in the formative months of the Global Configurator project at Indian Hill, whose many members I thank for the opportunity to work with them. Joint work with Neil Harrison of AT&T's Global Business Communications Systems helped refine, validate, and prove in many of the patterns. Many thanks to Richard Gabriel, Ward Cunningham, Desmond DeSouza, Richard Helm and Ralph Johnson, for participating in a structured review of these patterns; Gabriel also facilitated the review at PLoP. Many thanks to the many people at PLoP who also reviewed these patterns, and especially to Larry Podmolik, Mary Shaw, Dennis DeBruler, Norm Kerth, Bill Opdyke, Brian Foote, Bruce Whitenack, Steve Berczuk, Frank Buschmann, and Robert Martin. Kent Beck was the PLoP shepherd for this document. Mary Zajac and Joe Maranzano in AT&T provided much useful feedback from a management perspective. Mary proposed the patterns "Phasing it In" and "Apprentice". Many comments and pattern ideas, most noteworthy of which is Mercenary Analyst, came from Paul Chisholm at AT&T.
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