Jeffrey L. Whitten (born ) 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 ...

, and professor of information technology at

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 ...

, 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) in business process management and systems engineering is the activity of representing processes of an enterprise, so that the current business processes may be analyzed, improved, and automated. BPM is typically ...

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 struct ...

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

Selected publications

* Bentley, Lonnie D.,

Kevin C. Dittman Kevin C. Dittman (born ca. 1960) is an American computer scientist, IT consultant and Professor of Information Technology at the Purdue University, especially known for his textbook ''Systems analysis and design methods'' written with Lonnie D. Ben ...

, 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 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 ...

, 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 Systems engineers Purdue University alumni Purdue University faculty