Kevin C. Dittman (born ca. 1960) is an American

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, IT consultant and Professor of

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at the

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, especially known for his textbook ''Systems analysis and design methods'' written with Lonnie D. Bentley and Jeffrey L. Whitten, which is in its 7th edition.Walls, Joseph G., George R. Widmeyer, and Omar A. El Sawy.
Building an information system design theory for vigilant EIS.
" ''Information systems research'' 3.1 (1992): 36-59. Dittman received his BS in

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from

in 1981 and his MA in

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from the Florida Institute of Technology.Kevin C. Dittman
Linked-in profile. Accessed November 4, 2013. He started his career in industry as programmer and analyst at an engineering company in 1981. From 1982 to 1985 he was systems analyst at a machine industry company. In 1985 he started at

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, where from 1985 to 1995 he was systems engineer, and from 1995 to 2011 consultant in the fields of Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Quality management, Process Management, and Project Management. In 1995 Dittman was appointed Professor of Information Technology at the

Selected publications

Books, a selection: * Bentley, Lonnie D., Kevin C. Dittman, and Jeffrey L. Whitten. ''Systems analysis and design methods.'' (1986, 1997, 2004). * Whitten, Jeffery L., Lonnie D. Bentley, and Kevin C. Dittman. ''Fundamentals of systems analysis and design methods.'' (2004). * Brewer, Jeffrey L., and Kevin C. Dittman. ''Methods of IT project management''. Purdue University Press, 2013.

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Kevin C. Dittman
at Purdue University Press {{DEFAULTSORT:Dittman, Kevin C. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American computer scientists Information systems researchers American systems engineers Purdue University alumni Purdue University faculty Place of birth missing (living people) Florida Institute of Technology alumni