Date and time: 11.30am-12.30pm, Friday 10th March, 2006
Venue: 10.08.04
Chair: Xiaodong Li
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. The purpose of this research is to understand whether some previously identified capabilities, intuitive cognitive style, problem solving, visualisation, and visionary are actually different between IT architects of different skill levels. We found that there are two key differences between IT architects of different skill levels. First, 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. Second, 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.
About the speaker:
Keith Frampton is a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and IT, RMIT University.
Seminar Organisation
Seminars are free and open to the general public. No booking is necessary. If you are interested in giving a presentation in this seminar series, or to make suggestions for speakers, please contact Xiaodong Li, the seminar co-ordinator.