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Through different approaches, organisations strive to evolve their competitiveness, as well as their addressing their operational and strategic needs. Some organisations employ Enterprise Architecture (EA), to bridge the gap between the business and IT, and to providing strategic goals. However, there exists scarcity of EA Skills in many developing countries. This could be attributed to the uniqueness of the discipline. The skills are instrumental in the development and implementation of the EA. What is even more challenging is that EA skills cannot be developed from any training facility, due to its nature of specialisation and seniority of the specialists. The limited training facilities contribute to the scarcity of EA skills in many developing countries, which have impact skill and transfer, and other resource developmental factors. This study therefore explored how and where EA skills can be developed, and what constitute the competency. The study was carried out in Namibia, using the survey technique, in the data collection. Some of the findings include education and training, leadership, and political implications on EA skill development.
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Shaanika, I., Iyamu, T. (2014). Developing Enterprise Architecture Skills: A Developing Country Perspective. In: Passey, D., Tatnall, A. (eds) Key Competencies in ICT and Informatics. Implications and Issues for Educational Professionals and Management. ITEM 2014. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 444. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45770-2_6
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