Industry perceptions of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by computer programmers

  • Authors:

  • Janet L. Bailey;Greg Stefaniak

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Avenue, Little Rock, AR;University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Avenue, Little Rock, AR

  • Venue:
  • SIGCPR '01 Proceedings of the 2001 ACM SIGCPR conference on Computer personnel research
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

In a day and age where computer information systems permeate virtually every facet of society, organizations find it difficult to hire adequate numbers of computer personnel. Judging by the number of `quick-fix' organizations that offer training in “weeks rather than years” and the number of individuals that each claims to train per year, the shortage would seem to come from a lack of adequate skills rather than a lack of applicants. This paper reports the findings of an study designed to identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) needed by one group of information technology (IT) personnel — the computer programmer.