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Critical Skills for IT Success
Business and relationship management skills are critical for IT career advancement, regardless of economic climate, according to the Society for Information Management.
A successful IT career begins and ends with business and relationship management skills. That’s the key conclusion of a recent white paper released by the Society for Information Management (SIM) called “The Information Technology Workforce: IT Provider Trends and Implications 2006-2009.” The paper is the second phase of research for a project that also explored the skills IT executives are seeking for their internal departments.
According to the study, critical IT provider skills include:
· Basic technology knowledge
· Project management capabilities
· Business domain knowledge
· Managing client relationships
This holds true regardless of type of employer or geography.
“People need these skills to succeed in IT regardless of the state of the economy,“ says Kate Kaiser, of Marquette University and coordinator of the study. “Academia and practice need to work together to meet the challenges of changing business needs, increased …
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