AccountingFinance
ManagementMarketing
Computer Science
Information Technology
Management InformationSystems
Management InformationSystems
ComputerKnowledge
BusinessKnowledge
Computer Scientist Software
EngineerApplication Developer
IT Consultant SystemsAnalyst
Computer Applications
InformationSystems
SystemsSoftware
Functional AreaSpecialist
Business Analyst/Consultant
Business Operations
CTO CIO/COO CFO
Market Segmentation and Branding
Information SystemsInformation SystemsKnowledge & SkillsKnowledge & Skills
CEO
- 5 -© Minder Chen, 1993-2003
Contemporary IS Services Organization
• IT Product Vendors• System Integration Firms • Consulting Firms• Internal MIS Departments
• IT Product Vendors• System Integration Firms • Consulting Firms• Internal MIS Departments
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Help Wanted• 1996:
– Help Wanted. CICS, COBOL, PA. BS in CS required, MS preferred. Salary commensurate with experience.
• 1997: – Help Wanted. Anyone who knows any programming language.
Salary commensurate with a neurosurgeon. • 1998:
– Help Wanted. Anyone. Pulse optional. • 1999:
– IT Firm: Help!! – IT New Comer: Any company want to hire me??
• 2000: Y2K is gone and EC is in. – Businesses: we want to be a .com company– IT Firm: We want to be an Electronic Commerce integrator. – IT New Comer: I know HTML, ASP, ColdFusion, Web GUI,
Photoshop, IIS, JavaScript, Java and EC!!!– Recruiter: Do you want stock option?
• 2001-2003: Will the DOT.COM fall-out affect your IT career?
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IT Skills/Positions• Programmers
– COBOL, C, C++, Java– Visual Basic.Net, C#
• Database Administrator– Oracle, SyBase, Informix, SQL Server– MS Access
• Systems Analysts and Designers– Business Process Reengineering – Data Modeling and Database Design, OO Methods (UML,
OMT)– ERWin, PowerDesigner, Systems Architecture,
Designer/2000• Network Administrators
– Windows Server, Novell, Unix, Cisco and Internet Routing • Multimedia and Web Designer
– HTML, Web Server, JavaScript, ASP.NET, Electronic Commerce, etc.
– Photoshop, DreamWeaver, Flash, FrontPage
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Other Skills
• Domain Expertise: accounting, finance, manufacturing, etc.
• Team work
• Interviewing skills
• Presentation and communication skills
• Technical writing
• Analytical skills
• Understanding of the IT industry and technology trends
• Continuous learning ability - Show initiatives
• Basic Skills: – Windows
– Microsoft Office
– Internet Browsing/Research
- 12 -© Minder Chen, 1993-2003
The Famous (or infamous) Statistics of Forrester Research
• In the next 15 years: 3.3 million white-collar service jobs and 136 billion in wages
• 23% plunge of declared majors in computer science in 2003 (Mercury News, March 24, 2004)
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IBM To Move All Solutions Development Operations To India
In a stunning example of how India has progressed from a country to which businesses farmed out routine programming and back-office work into a center for leading-edge innovation, IBM disclosed Wednesday that it is moving all of the design and development of its vaunted business consulting offerings to the fast-growing country.
IBM will spend $200 million to launch the center, which will handle the bulk of solutions development work for IBM worldwide.
Paul McDougall, InformaitonWeek, March 8, 2006
How Big is the Deal?