Journal article
Building the IT Workforce of the Future: The Demand for More Complex, Abstract, and Strategic Knowledge
Information resources management journal, Vol.21(2)
01 Apr 2008
Abstract
The software development process has undergone a considerable amount of change from the early days of spaghetti code to the present state of the art of development using strategic patterns. This has caused not only changes in the toolkits that developers use, but also a change in their mindset-the way that they approach and think about software development. This study uses revealed causal mapping techniques to examine the change in mindset that occurs across the procedural to OO development transition, and lays the foundation for future studies of the OO/pattern cognitive transition. The results indicate that there is not only increasing complexity in the cognitive maps of the OO developers, but also that there is a need for the developer to shift from routine, assembly line coding to more abstract thought processes.
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- Title
- Building the IT Workforce of the Future: The Demand for More Complex, Abstract, and Strategic Knowledge
- Creators
- Deborah Armstrong - Florida State HospitalH. Nelson - Southern Illinois Univ, Informat Syst, Carbondale, IL 62901 USAKay Nelson - Southern Illinois University CarbondaleV. Narayanan - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Information resources management journal, Vol.21(2)
- Publisher
- Igi Global
- Number of pages
- 17
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Management
- Identifiers
- 991019167424104721
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