The requisite variety of skills for IT professionals

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 144-148

  Gallagher, Kevin P ^a   Kaiser, Kate M ^b   Simon, Judith C ^c   Beath, Cynthia M ^d   Goles, Tim ^e  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DOMAIN; BUSINESS PRACTICES; CAREER DEVELOPMENT; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS; IT COMPANIES; IT PROFESSIONAL; IT WORKERS; NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS; ONGOING CHANGES; OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS; SOLUTION SET; TECHNICAL SKILLS;

EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; PERSONNEL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77953222300     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1743546.1743584     Document Type: Article

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