An artifact-centric framework for software development skills

Jack Downey; Norah Power

doi:10.1145/1235000.1235042

An artifact-centric framework for software development skills

Jack Downey, Norah Power

University of Limerick

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SIGMIS-CPR 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference
Subtitle of host publication	The Global Information Technology Workforce
Pages	186-195
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1235000.1235042
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	45th Annual Computer Personnel Research Conference, ACM SIGMIS CPR 2007 - Saint Louis, MO, United States Duration: 19 Apr 2007 → 21 Apr 2007

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Name	SIGMIS-CPR 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce

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Conference	45th Annual Computer Personnel Research Conference, ACM SIGMIS CPR 2007
Country/Territory	United States
City	Saint Louis, MO
Period	19/04/07 → 21/04/07

Keywords

Abilities
Grounded theory
Irish telecommunications software
Knowledge
Skills
Software artifacts

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Downey, J., & Power, N. (2007). An artifact-centric framework for software development skills. In SIGMIS-CPR 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce (pp. 186-195). (SIGMIS-CPR 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce). https://doi.org/10.1145/1235000.1235042

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Downey, J & Power, N 2007, An artifact-centric framework for software development skills. in SIGMIS-CPR 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce. SIGMIS-CPR 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce, pp. 186-195, 45th Annual Computer Personnel Research Conference, ACM SIGMIS CPR 2007, Saint Louis, MO, United States, 19/04/07. https://doi.org/10.1145/1235000.1235042

An artifact-centric framework for software development skills. / Downey, Jack; Power, Norah.
SIGMIS-CPR 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce. 2007. p. 186-195 (SIGMIS-CPR 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce).

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