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Colleagues:
	As partial fulfillment for the requirements of the Masters of Science in 
Information Systems at Pennsylvania State University, I am conducting a
research project on the necessary professional skills for application developer/programmer
success through the year 2000.  The project is designed to make a valuation as to what skills
an application developer/programmer will need to be successful in the future. 
	In order to accomplish this objective, I need the help of experts like
yourself who can provide information about their current positions as well as their
opinions of what information systems will require in the future.  Your help will be greatly
appreciated.  I hope you will participate in this study by filling out the questionnaire
below.  It will require about 5 minutes of your time.
	Please complete the survey below and return the results to me through an
E-Mail reply to 74653.1373@COMPUSERVE.COM.  Your reply will be kept in strict confidence and nothing about your profile will be revealed.  Nothing is being coded in this survey.  
Individual answers will be used only in a composite report and will be of a statistical
nature only.

Your participation is completely voluntary.  Thank you for your time and
consideration.

Please place an "X" to choose the appropriate answer(s) for each question.  
Please add any comments at the end of the survey.

1.  Choose/select years of experience for any information systems background.
	
Position/Title	Years of Experience	1 - 3	4 - 10	11 or more

DP/IS Management			[ ] 	[ ]  	[ ]
Systems Analyst  				[ ]  	[ ]  	[ ]
Application Developer/Programmer  	[ ]  	[ ]  	[ ]
Other (please specify)
-					[ ]  	[ ]  	[ ]
-					[ ]  	[ ]  	[ ]

 2. What is the approximate number of application developers/programmers in
your organization?
		[ ] 1-9		[ ] 10-19		[ ] 20-49	[ ] 50 or more

 3. To what extent is your organization using object oriented programming
(OOP) techniques for new application development?
	[ ] Not at all, no plans to use OOP	[ ] Not at all, but plan to use OOP in
							the next 3 - 5 years
	[ ] A FEW departments use OOP		[ ] MOST departments use OOP
	[ ] OOP used for ALL development	[ ] Other (please specify) - 

	If your organization IS currently using OOP, what percentage of mission
	critical applications are being developed using OOP techniques?
	[ ] 0 %	   [ ] 1-10 %	[ ] 10-30 %	[ ] 30-60 %	[ ] 60 % or more	

	If your organization IS currently using OOP, what percentage of all
	applications are being developed using OOP techniques?
	[ ] 0 %	   [ ] 1-10 %	[ ] 10-30 %	[ ] 30-60 %	[ ] 60 % or more	

	If your organization IS NOT currently using OOP, but is planning to use OOP
	in the next 3 - 5 years, how is that plan being realized?
	[ ] OOP classes offered		[ ] OOP tools being purchased/reviewed for purchase
	[ ] Pilot projects underway	[ ] Other (please specify) - 

 4. To what extent is your organization using client/server (C/S)
architecture for implementing new application development? (server as 
data storage and client as interface)
	[ ] Not at all, no plans to use C/S	[ ] Not at all, but plan to use C/S in
							the next 3 - 5 years
	[ ] A FEW departments use C/S		[ ] MOST departments use C/S
	[ ] C/S used for ALL development	[ ] Other (please specify) - 

	If your organization IS currently using C/S, what percentage of mission
	critical applications are being implemented using C/S architecture?
	[ ] 0 %	   [ ] 1-10 %	[ ] 10-30 %	[ ] 30-60 %	[ ] 60 % or more	

	If your organization IS currently using C/S, what percentage of all
	applications are being implemented using C/S architecture?
	[ ] 0 %	   [ ] 1-10 %	[ ] 10-30 %	[ ] 30-60 %	[ ] 60 % or more
	
	If your organization IS NOT currently using C/S, but is planning to use C/S
	in the next 3 - 5 years, how is that plan being realized?
	[ ] C/S classes offered		[ ] PC training with C/S concentration offered
	[ ] Pilot project underway	[ ] Other (please specify) - 

5. To what extent is your organization using Graphical User Interfaces (GUI)
in new application development? 
	[ ] Not at all, no plans to use GUI	[ ] Not at all, but plan to use GUI in
							the next 3 - 5 years
	[ ] A FEW departments use GUI		[ ] MOST departments use GUI
	[ ] GUI used for ALL development	[ ] Other (please specify) - 

	If your organization IS currently using GUI, what percentage of mission
	critical applications are being developed using GUI?
	[ ] 0 %	   [ ] 1-10 %	[ ] 10-30 %	[ ] 30-60 %	[ ] 60 % or more	

	If your organization IS currently using GUI, what percentage of all
	applications are being developed using GUI architecture?
	[ ] 0 %	   [ ] 1-10 %	[ ] 10-30 %	[ ] 30-60 %	[ ] 60 % or more
	
	If your organization IS currently using GUI, who develops the user interface
	for these GUI applications?
	[ ] Analysts			[ ] Developers
	[ ] Interface Specialists	[ ] Other (please specify) - 

	If your organization IS currently using GUI, what GUI standards are used to
	develop the interfaces?
	[ ] No standards		[ ] Your Internal Organization Standards
	[ ] Microsoft( Interface Guide	[ ] Other (please specify) - 

	If your organization IS NOT currently using GUI, but is planning to use GUI
	in the next 3 - 5 years, how is that plan being realized?
	[ ] GUI classes offered		[ ] GUI tools being purchased/reviewed for purchase
	[ ] Pilot projects underway	[ ] Other (please specify) - 

 6. What percentage of your organization's mission critical applications
reside on midrange/mainframe platforms?  
	[ ] 0 %	   [ ] 1-10 %	[ ] 10-30 %	[ ] 30-60 %	[ ] 60 % or more	

 7. To what extent is your organiztion planning to migrate existing
midrange/mainframe applications to a client/server architecture using GUI implementation 
in the next 3 - 5 years?
	[ ] Not at all, no plans migrate	[ ] Not at all, but planning in the 
							next 3 - 5 years
	[ ] A FEW departments are migrating	[ ] MOST departments are migrating
	[ ] All applications are being migrated	[ ] Other (please specify) - 


 8.  In your opinion, what skills will be necessary for an applications
developer/programmer to be successful in the next 5 years?



 9.  In your opinion what steps should an application developer take to be
ready for the development technology of the next 5 years?



Thank You.  Please return the survey to John J. Cuff  at address 74653.1373@COMPUSERVE.COM.  All answers will be used for statistical purposes only.  If you would like a summary of the results, please note
that in your comments.