Jeffrey L. Whitten (born ) is an American

computer scientist A computer scientist is a scientist who specializes in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation. Although computer scientists can also focus their work and research on ...

, and professor of information technology at

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, known with Kevin C. Dittman and Lonnie D. Bentley as co-author of the textbook ''Systems Analysis and Design Methods'', which is now in its 7th edition.

Biography

In the 1970s Whitten studied at the

, where he received his B.S. in industrial management with a minor in computer science in 1976, and his M.S. in computer science and management information systems in 1979.Jeffrey L Whitten
Professor After graduation Whitten started his academic career at the Purdue University computer technology department as assistant professor, where he developed the systems analysis and design curriculum. In 1984 he was promoted assistant professor and started with Lonnie D. Bentley developing the curriculum into book ''Systems Analysis and Design Methods'', first published in 1988 by Irwin/McGraw-Hill. This book "defragmented its market and maintained its #1 market position through seven editions spanning twenty years. More than 700 schools adopted it during that period." In 1995 he was appointed professor of computer information systems and technology. In 1987 at Purdue University Whitten was acting head of the department of computer technology;''DM, Data Management''. (1987) Vol. 25. p. 29 from 1988 to 2003 he chaired that department, and from 2003 to 2010 directed the central IT organization at Purdue University. From 2003 to 2010 Whitten was also associate vice president for IT enterprise applications (ITEA) at Purdue. In the period 1979–1984 twice Whitten was awarded the James G. Dwyer Award as the best teacher in the Purdue University School of Technology.

Work

Whitten research interests are in the fields of

business process modeling Business process modeling (BPM) is the action of capturing and representing business processes, processes of an enterprise (i.e. modeling them), so that the current business processes may be analyzed, applied securely and consistently, improved, ...

enterprise architecture framework An enterprise architecture framework (EA framework) defines how to create and use an enterprise architecture. An architecture framework provides principles and practices for creating and using the architecture description of a system. It structu ...

s and "Systems and computational thinking and its practical applications to systems development."

Selected publications

* Bentley, Lonnie D., Kevin C. Dittman, and Jeffrey L. Whitten. ''Systems analysis and design methods.'' (1986, 1997, 2004). * Whitten, Jeffrey L., and Lonnie D. Bentley. ''Using Excelerator for systems analysis and design.'' (1987). * Whitten, Jeffrey L., Lonnie Bentley, Victor M. Barlow. ''Projects and cases for use with Systems analysis and design methods''. Irwin, 1989 * Bentley, Lonnie D., and Jeffrey L. Whitten. ''Systems analysis and design for the global enterprise''. McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2007. * Whitten, Jeffrey L., and Lonnie D. Bentley. ''Introduction to systems analysis and design''. McGraw Hill Irwin, 2008.

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at Purdue University {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitten, Jeffrey L. 1947 births Living people American computer scientists Information systems researchers American systems engineers Purdue University alumni Purdue University faculty