Effectively utilizing systems developers on projects
Anthony C. Nelson, K. Joshi · 1993
Today's systems developer should possess skills to deal with a range of social and technical issues during systems development. However, all developers do not excel in every skill dimension. Some may possess very good people skills but only average technical skills, while others may possess very good technical and functional skills but only average people and political skills. Furthermore, all IS projects are not the same. They may differ on dimensions such as size, number of users, user comprehension of tasks, degree of integration, and degree of change. Therefore, the mix of skills needed for successfully completing each project may be different depending upon the nature of the project.