#  Alan D. MacCormack 

MBA Class of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Unit: Technology and Operations Management

 

 

 



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Alan MacCormack is the MBA Class of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at the [Harvard Business School](http://www.hbs.edu/Pages/default.aspx), a member of the HBS [Digital Initiative](https://digital.hbs.edu/), and a core faculty member in the new [MS/MBA](http://www.hbs.edu/mba/academic-experience/joint-degree-programs/school-of-engineering-and-applied-sciences/Pages/default.aspx) joint degree program. He is an expert in the management of innovation and new product development, with a focus on the design and deployment of digital technologies. He is best known for his pioneering work on software development, where his research reveals the benefits of agile processes and the value of modular designs.