TY - GEN
T1 - An artifact-centric framework for software development skills
AU - Downey, Jack
AU - Power, Norah
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - While the specific knowledge, skills and abilities needed to develop software can be determined, it is much more difficult to decide what skill set is required for any given software development role. This paper suggests that progress may be made if, instead of trying to relate knowledge, skills or abilities to individual roles, efforts are made to understand what knowledge, skills and abilities are required to create and use the artifacts associated with software development. To this end, a framework incorporating two relationships is presented: The first relates software development artifacts to organizational functions, while the second relates knowledge, skills and abilities to different phases of an artifact's lifecycle. This framework leads to a new taxonomy of skills.
AB - While the specific knowledge, skills and abilities needed to develop software can be determined, it is much more difficult to decide what skill set is required for any given software development role. This paper suggests that progress may be made if, instead of trying to relate knowledge, skills or abilities to individual roles, efforts are made to understand what knowledge, skills and abilities are required to create and use the artifacts associated with software development. To this end, a framework incorporating two relationships is presented: The first relates software development artifacts to organizational functions, while the second relates knowledge, skills and abilities to different phases of an artifact's lifecycle. This framework leads to a new taxonomy of skills.
KW - Abilities
KW - Grounded theory
KW - Irish telecommunications software
KW - Knowledge
KW - Skills
KW - Software artifacts
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U2 - 10.1145/1235000.1235042
DO - 10.1145/1235000.1235042
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:57349088781
SN - 1595936416
SN - 9781595936417
T3 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce, SIGMIS-CPR 2007
SP - 186
EP - 195
BT - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference
T2 - 2007 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce, SIGMIS-CPR 2007
Y2 - 19 April 2007 through 21 April 2007
ER -