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Information technology architects: approaching the longer view

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Keith Frampton,

Jennie Carroll,

Bruce CrossmanAuthors Info & Claims

SIGMIS CPR '06: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on computer personnel research: Forty four years of computer personnel research: achievements, challenges & the future

Pages 221 - 229

https://doi.org/10.1145/1125170.1125225

Published: 13 April 2006 Publication History

Abstract

All Information Technology (IT) systems have architecture and these architectures are developed by people, frequently called IT architects. These people vary in their capabilities and this directly affects the systems they work with. This research investigates whether some previously identified capabilities, (intuitive cognitive style, problem solving, visualisation, and future vision) differ between IT architects of different skill levels. We found that while all IT architects reported as very skilled problem solvers, the more highly skilled IT architects approached problems in a different manner than the others. We also found that the higher skilled IT architects had a significantly longer view of their actions. These results are important for the education of aspiring IT architects and also the selection and development of existing ones.

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DOI:10.1145/1125170

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Gallagher KKaiser KFrampton KGallagher VNiederman FSumner MLending DVician C(2007)Best practice for grooming critical mid-level rolesProceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research: The global information technology workforce10.1145/1235000.1235004(15-19)Online publication date: 19-Apr-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1235000.1235004

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