Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology

ISSN 2230-4398, Volume 16, Issue 1, 2011-12

Incorporating the NACCQ publications:
Bulletin of Applied Computing and Information Technology, ISSN 1176-4120
Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology, ISSN 1174-0175

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  Welcome

Welcome to this issue of Computing and Information Technology Research and Education, New Zealand (CITRENZ) Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology (JACIT), an amalgamation of two pubications from the National Advisory Committee of Computing Qualifications (NACCQ): JACIT and the Bulletin (BACIT).

Are you interested in contributing a paper to JACIT? Please refer to the  guidelines and templates available on the Authors tab, and then contact the editors:

• Executive Editor: Dr. Michael Verhaart ( mverhaart@eit.ac.nz ), or
• Senior Associate Editor: Krassie Petrova ( kpetrova@aut.ac.nz ).

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 Table of contents

• Editorial
• Editorial
  - Michael Verhaart
• Refereed Articles
  • A1: The interdisciplinary nature of the skills needed by project managers
    - Trevor Nesbit, Angela Martin
  • A2: Locating women in the New Zealand computing industry
    - Alison Hunter, PhD

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Editorial

Editorial

Michael Verhaart

Welcome to the second edition (Volume 6(1)) of the merged Computing and Information Technology Research and Education, New Zealand (CITRENZ) Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology (JACIT). This edition is the first to be based on the progressive publishing model, and has appeared at a time when authors were keen to have their paper included in the current New Zealand Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) round which looks at research up to December 2011.

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Refereed Articles

The interdisciplinary nature of the skills needed by project managers

Trevor Nesbit, Angela Martin

The purpose of this paper is to explore and analyse the additional skills that are transferrable across different sectors, that project managers require and that go beyond technical project management skills to enable them to be successful in what is becoming an increasingly interdisciplinary role.The conclusions highlight that the project management role requires a range of non- technical project management skills and characteristics to enable project management to be carried out successfully. These non- technical project management skills and characteristics include the ability to build relationships with stakeholders; possessing formal project management certification; understanding the creation and functioning of project teams; understanding the political environment that the project exists in; the ability to work in a team; possessing leadership and management skills; possessing interpersonal and communication skills and possessing a strategic orientation.The skills and characteristics that are perceived by the cross section of project managers as being the most important are possessing interpersonal and communication skills; possessing leadership and management skills; the ability to work in a team and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders. Interpersonal and communication skills along with the ability to work in a team are not included significantly in job advertisements for project managers, with the requirement to have them potentially being assumed and not needed to be stated.This research provides a basis for a further study involving in-depth interviews with project managers from the information technology sector with the aim of highlighting specific projects where these additional skills have been vital to the success of these projects.Issues surrounding the political environment of the project from the perspective of different genders; the importance interpersonal and communication skills along with team work for lesser experienced project managers; and the importance of project manager certification are also identified as areas for further study.



Locating women in the New Zealand computing industry

Alison Hunter, PhD

It is well recognised that women are under-represented in computing occupations in many Western countries, but is the situation similar in New Zealand? This article presents a quantitative analysis of gendered employment patterns in New Zealand's computing industry. Findings from analysis of 2001 and 2006 census employment data demonstrate that women are now well represented in some newer computing occupations in New Zealand, but they remain significantly under-represented in traditional computing roles such as programming and systems analysis. Furthermore, New Zealand women in computing do not have pay parity with men. On some occasions during the early days of computing in New Zealand women participated more equally in number but they have always experienced pay discrimination.

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 Editorial Board

Executive Editor	Dr. Michael Verhaart, Eastern Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Senior Assoc. Editor	Krassie Petrova, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Associate Editors	Dr Donald Joyce, New Zealand Catherine Snell-Siddle, Universal College of Learning, New Zealand Diane McCarthy, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, New Zealand Aaron Steele, Universal College of Learning, New Zealand
Web Editor	Nick Wallingford, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, New Zealand
Reviewers	Dr. Susan Chard, Whitireia, New Zealand Alison Clear, CPIT, New Zealand Shirley Gibbs, Lincoln University, New Zealand Dr. Sabine Graf, Athabasca University, Canada Kim Hagen-Hall, EIT Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Dr. Donald Joyce, New Zealand Peter Mellow, Curtin University, Australia Dr David Parry, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Dr. Christo Potgieter, Wintec, New Zealand Aaron Steele, UCOL, New Zealand

 

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