Using an IT Laboratory for Training IT Architects

Lina Casas, Mario Sánchez, Jorge Villalobos

2017

Abstract

Information Technology Architecture (ITA) has been known for its importance in the alignment of the business’s needs and its technological strategies. As the companies have become more complex and the market more competitive, ITA has gained more significance and the demand for IT architects has strongly increased around the world. Nonetheless, the offer of qualified architects is not growing as fast. This is because a qualified IT architect is not easy to find as he or she has to possess many hard and soft skills. It is not a surprise then, that the time frame required for a professional to become an experienced IT architect is too long, the necessary experience is difficult to acquire and the skills are difficult to develop. This paper proposes a way to help students and professionals obtain these elements through a project based approach supported by different reality simulated enterprise cases. These cases compose what we call an IT Laboratory.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Casas L., Sánchez M. and Villalobos J. (2017). Using an IT Laboratory for Training IT Architects . In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-239-4, pages 108-119. DOI: 10.5220/0006319901080119

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu17,
author={Lina Casas and Mario Sánchez and Jorge Villalobos},
title={Using an IT Laboratory for Training IT Architects},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2017},
pages={108-119},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006319901080119},
isbn={978-989-758-239-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - Using an IT Laboratory for Training IT Architects
SN - 978-989-758-239-4
AU - Casas L.
AU - Sánchez M.
AU - Villalobos J.
PY - 2017
SP - 108
EP - 119
DO - 10.5220/0006319901080119