Information technology architects: Approaching the longer view

SIGMIS CPR'06 - Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 221-229

  Frampton, Keith ^a   Thorn, James A ^a   Carroll, Jennie ^b   Crossman, Bruce ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c IBM Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capabilities; It architects; Personnel development

Indexed keywords

CAPABILITIES; IT ARCHITECTS; PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT;

PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; VISUALIZATION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33745825573     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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