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Function Profiles; the Sheep with 7 Legs

Overview The profile of a system architect is quantified for a large list of system architect related characteristics. For comparison the function profiles of related functions are given as well.

Which people have the potential to become good system architects? How to select (potential) system architects? Many human resource and line managers struggle with these questions.

This article lists a number of characteristics of individuals and maps the relative importance of these characteristics for different jobs, such as system architect, developer and line manager.

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Publisher	Philips	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	January 2001	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
Topics	Business Management

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