Information technology architects: can we improve their capabilities?

  • Authors:

  • Keith Frampton

  • Affiliations:

  • RMIT University

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

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Abstract

IT systems have an underlying architecture that is usually developed by IT architects. The capabilities of IT architects affects the systems they construct. This research aims to increase our understanding of the capabilities of IT architects, investigate what distinguishes highly skilled IT architects from less skilled ones, and determine if some of these capabilities can be improved within an educational environment. These results are important for the education of aspiring IT architects and also the selection and development of existing ones. Keith Frampton is a third year, part-time, PhD student in the School of CS & IT at RMIT University; he expects to complete by 2010. His advisors are Dr Jennie Carroll and Dr James Thom.