Book Title: Beyond Coding
Subtitle: The Complete Guide to IT Soft Skills
Book Description: Technical skills no longer guarantee IT success. This book teaches the soft skills that create complete IT leaders. Students will learn to communicate clearly, build strong teams, and solve problems with structured thinking. The guide covers time management, project delivery, and stakeholder relations. It also addresses ethics, customer service, cultural awareness, and leadership. These skills give you an edge in today's competitive market. The book offers practical tools and strategies to advance your career and lead successful projects.
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In today’s competitive IT industry, technical skills alone are no longer enough to succeed. This book teaches essential soft skills that transform technical professionals into complete IT leaders. You will master clear communication for diverse audiences, build strong teams through collaboration and conflict resolution, and solve complex problems with structured thinking. The guide covers time management techniques, project management fundamentals, and stakeholder delivery methods. Additional modules address professional ethics, customer relations, cultural awareness, leadership influence, and personal growth. These practical skills complement your technical knowledge, creating competitive advantages in today’s IT industry. The book provides frameworks, tools, and strategies that help you advance your career, lead projects successfully, and adapt to changing workplace demands.
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Beyond Coding Copyright © 2025 by Griffith University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Information technology industries
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Beyond Coding Copyright © 2025 by Griffith University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
This book was published by Griffith University via the Council of Australasian University Librarians Open Educational Resources Collective. The online version is available at https://oercollective.caul.edu.au/beyond-coding-soft-skills/
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Beyond Coding: The Complete Guide to IT Soft Skills by David Tuffley is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 Licence by Griffith University.
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Tuffley, D. (2025). Beyond Coding: The Complete Guide to IT Soft Skills. Griffith University. https://oercollective.caul.edu.au/beyond-coding-soft-skills/
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Beyond Coding: The Complete Guide to IT Soft Skills by David Tuffley is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 Licence by Griffith University.
Cover (illustration – Geometric, Design, Computer) by Sambeetarts is licensed and used under the Pixabay Content Licence