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

computer scientist A computer scientist is a person who is trained in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus (a ...

, IT consultant and Professor of

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

at the

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and mon ...

, especially known for his textbook ''Systems analysis and design methods'' written with

Lonnie D. Bentley Lonnie D. Bentley (born 1957) is an American computer scientist, and Professor and former Department Head of Computer and Information Technology at Purdue University, known with Kevin C. Dittman and Jeffrey L. Whitten as co-author of the textbook ...

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 Computer Science from

in 1981 and his MA in

Management Information Systems A management information system (MIS) is an information system used for decision-making, and for the coordination, control, analysis, and visualization of information in an organization. The study of the management information systems involves peop ...

from the

Florida Institute of Technology The Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech or FIT) is a private research university in Melbourne, Florida. The university comprises four academic colleges: Engineering & Science, Aeronautics, Psychology & Liberal Arts, and Business. Appr ...

.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

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company. In 1985 he started at

Lockheed Martin The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology corporation with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is ...

, 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.,

, 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 Systems engineers Purdue University alumni Purdue University faculty Place of birth missing (living people) Florida Institute of Technology alumni