Dr. A. Lerine Steenkamp                         

Professor 

Buell Building M308A
Phone (248) 204-3069
steenkamp@ltu.edu

Areas of Expertise

Dr. Steenkamp's research interest is in approaches to information technology process improvement, enterprise architecture and knowledge management. Current research is concerned with the application of CMMI in the education sector, redesign of organization processes for mobile technology adoption, knowledge management frameworks, alignment of IT and organization strategies, and systems integration.

Biography

Annette Lerine Steenkamp is Program Director of the Doctoral Program in Management of Information Technology and Professor in Computer and Information Systems in the College of  Management at the Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan. She holds a PhD in Computer Science, with specialization in Software Engineering. In her career as an educator she has emphasized the interdisciplinary nature of information technology adoption in the enterprise, and the need to work synergistically with knowledge workers in other disciplines. Her teaching philosophy is to create a learning environment which facilitates the exploration of ideas and concepts, permits the application of theories learned in the classroom to problems found in practice, and to cultivate leadership capabilities in every student. She encourages students to participate at national and international conferences, and has co-authored a range of research papers with her students. She serves on several editorial review boards, including IJITSA (International Journal of Information Technologies and the Systems Approach). She has consulted with industry on a range of projects, has played a leadership role in a number of professional bodies, and has supported global initiatives to improve the education of IT professionals, such as the Georgia - US Institute of Advanced Studies (US IAS). She is at present involved in research projects at The Open Group and APQC with some research students.   

Recent Publications

• With Nnolim, A., Developing an Architectural Description for the Information Security Management Viewpoint, Accepted for The Open Group IT Practitioner’s Conference, Paris, France, April 2007.
• With Nnolim, A., An approach to Information Security Management, ISOneWorld 2007, Las Vegas, April 2007.  
• With Andreescu, D., Proceedings of Enterprise Knowledge Portfolio Management System: A Systematic Approach to Define Solution Lifecycle Processes, Knowledge Management in a Global Economy Conference, May 1-6^th, Las Vegas, 2006. (Retrieved May, 2006, from APQC’s 11^th Annual KM Conference Web site: http://www.apqc.org/portal/ksn/ )
• Steenkamp, A.L., Avant, A., Li, M. andKakish , K., A Case Study - Developing an Architectural Description for the Information and Business Systems Viewpoints, Accepted for The Open Group IT Practitioner’s Conference, Paris, France, April 2007.
• With Li, J., An Approach to Modeling Architectural Viewpoints for Real-world Problems, The Open Group IT Practitioners Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2006.
• With Li, J., Case Study on the Mobility Architecture Viewpoint, The Open Group IT Practitioners Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2006.
• Steenkamp, A.L., Alomari, J., Basal, A. and Kakish K. A Case Study: Developing An Architectural Description For The Technology-Communications Engineering Viewpoint, ISECON2006, November 2006, Dallas.
• Steenkamp, A.L., Khoury, F., Kakish, K. and Makar, A., A Case Study - Developing An Architectural Design Description For The Application Viewpoint, ISECON2006, November 2006, Dallas.
• Steenkamp, A.L. and McCord, S.A., Teaching Research Methodology for Information Technology, Proceedings of the 2006 SIGED:IAIM Conference, Milwaukee, USA, December 2006.
• With Kakish, K., A Global IT Security Perspective: An Analysis of  the Information Security Capability in the US and Europe, Proceedings of the 17^th International Conference of the Association for Global Business, Miami Beach, Florida, November 17-19, 2005.
• With Kraft, T. and Schiller, K., Impact of ICT on Productivity – Comparison of Europe and USA, Proceedings of the 17^th International Conference  of the Association for Global Business, Miami Beach, Florida, November 17-19, 2005.
• Steenkamp, A.L., Schiller, K., Allour, K., Lyons, A. and Nnolim, A., Modeling Information and Business Systems Architectures – a Team Project, Distinguished Paper in the Proceedings of the ISECON2005 Conference, Columbus, Ohio, October 2005. (To be published in the Information Systems Education Journal)
• Steenkamp, A.L., Kakish, K., Buchheidt, M., Li, Z., Rajabion, L. and Van, D., A Team Project on an Information Technology Application Architecture, Proceedings of ICIER2004, Washington DC, December 2004.
• Steenkamp, A.L., Kakish, K., Basal, A., Dawwas, M., Konda, D. Shulaiba, R., A Team Project on Information Technology Infrastructure Architecture, Proceedings of ICIER2004, Washington DC, December 2004.
• Steenkamp, A.L., Kakish ,K., Warner, D., Foster, R. and Chen, G., A Team Project on the Data Architecture of an Enterprise Information Portal, Proceedings of ICIER2004, Washington DC, December 2004.
• Steenkamp, A.L. and Kakish, K. An Approach to Developing Information Technology Architectures, Proceedings of ICIER2004, Washington DC, December 2004.
• Steenkamp, A.L. and  Van, D., An Approach to Teaching Information Technology Life Cycle Processes, Distinguished Paper in Proceedings of ISECON2004, Rhode Island, November, 2004.  (To be published in the Information Systems Education Journal).
• With Konda, D., Knowledge Perspectives and Integrated Knowledge Management Framework, Proceedings of International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, United Kingdom, August 2004. (Paper also accepted for International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management).
• Steenkamp, A.L. and DeGennaro, L. A., Design and Implementation of Doctorate of Management in Information Technology, Meritorius Paper Award in Proceedings of ISECON2003, San Diego. (Paper also published in Information Systems Education Journal, Volume 2, Number 2 http://isedj.org/2/2/ January 27, 2004.D. Steenkamp, A.L., Li, Z. and du Plessis, E., Strategic Planning for Small IT Business, Proceedings of AMCIS2004 Conference, New York, 2004.
• With Konda, D., Knowledge Perspectives and Integrated Knowledge Management Framework, accepted for Proceedings of International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, United Kingdom, August 2004.
• Steenkamp, A.L., Blending International Seminars into the Curriculum, ACBSP 2003, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, June 27 - 30, 2003.
• Steenkamp, A.L., With Konda, D., Information Technology, the Key Enabler for Knowledge Management, a Methodological Approach, International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, Vol. 3, Monograph MC03-0070-2003, (Ed.M. Kalantzis and B. Cope), 2003.
• Steenkamp, A.L., White, T. and Kakish, K., A project-centered approach to teaching IT and systems architectures, JIER, Vol.4, No.2, 2002.
• Steenkamp, A.L., A standards-based approach to student projects in an IT curriculum, proceedings, International Conference on Informatics Education and Research, Barcelona, Spain, December 2002.
• Steenkamp, A.L. and Roberson, M., A team project in information technology architectures, ISECON 2002, San Antonio, Texas, USA, December 2002.
• With Jovanovic, V., and Shoemaker, D., Independent accreditation for software Engineering Programs, Proceedings of the Fourteenth Conference on Software Engineering Education & Training, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, February 2001.
• Steenkamp, A.L., White, T. and Kakish, K., An approach to teaching Information Technology and system architectures, Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the International Academy for Information Management, New Orleans, USA, December 2001.
• With Skelton, G.W. and Burge, C. D., An approach to integration testing of object-oriented software, Journal of Software Quality Professionals, June 2000.
• Using a Reference Framework for Software Systems Research, ICS2000 Proceedings, World Computer Congress 2000, Beijing, China, August 2000.
• With Jovanovic, V., and Mrdalj, S., Teaching Object Oriented Software Design, in Business Research Yearbook, Global Business Perspectives, Volume V, J. Biberman and A. Alkhafaji

Doctoral Research Supervision

• Andreescu, D.: Improve Business Performance in Global IT Environments - A Systematic Approach,  graduated Fall 2006
• Li, J. : The Enterprise Goes Mobile –a Framework and Methodology for Creating a Mobile Enterprise – graduated Fall 2006
• Van, D. : An Approach to Integrating Business Rules of Legacy Systems with the Enterprise Architecture, (Sponsor: IBM) – graduated Fall 2006
• Basal, A. : An Ontological Approach to IT Infrastructure Environment Discovery and Mapping,  graduated Spring 2007
• Kakish, K. :  Improving the global supply chain through the tightening of IT Security, (Sponsor: AIAG), graduated Fall 2007
• Kopaliani, D: Kopaliani, D.: Architecture of Digital Asset Systems for Libraries, graduated Fall 2007
• Lyons, T.: The Impact Of Outsourcing On Surviving Employees' Morale And Productivity (Sponsor Daimler Chrysler), In progress
• Nnolim, A.: A Framework and Methodology for Information Security Management, graduated Fall 2007
• Walker, L.: A Process Improvement Framework and Methodology for Tertiary Education, graduated Fall 2007
• Foster, R.:  Modeling the technical IT Architecture of a Hybrid Vehicle - In progress
• Dawwas, M. : Maximizing stakeholders’ experience at BCBSM - In progress
• Li, C-M: Improving Business – It Alignment Through Business Architecture – In progress
• Khatib, Khalid: The Role of IT in Mergers in the Banking Sector – In progress  
• Konda, D. : An Integrated Knowledge Management Framework,  (Sponsor: GM) – In progress
• Kraft, T.: Systematic and Holistic IT Project Management Approach for Commercial Software with Case Studies – In progress
• Salam, M.: An Approach To Elecronic Negotiation of Business Services  - In progress