IT Workforce Planning: A Modular Design Science Approach

Authors

Monica Adya, Marquette UniversityFollow
Fred Niederman, St. Louis University

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

2011

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Source Publication

Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research

Abstract

Strategic benefits offered by well-executed investments in information technology (IT) have been acknowledged extensively. Among other factors, successful return on IT investments depends upon timely availability of quality of IT personnel. IT workforce planning necessitates active projections of a firm's workforce transformation from both known technology evolutions such as shifting among platforms, and personnel transition scenarios such as retirement, turnover, and other career decisions. Using a design science approach, we propose the development of a modular workforce planning system that captures current workforce inventory, projected personnel transitions, and projected skill evolutions to generate future workforce states. This proposed system has implications for development and design of systems for succession, transition, training, and hiring/exit decisions for an IT workforce environment.

Comments

Published in Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research 2016: 42-48. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Adya, Monica and Niederman, Fred, "IT Workforce Planning: A Modular Design Science Approach" (2011). Management Faculty Research and Publications. 278.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/mgmt_fac/278