The article uses meta-analysis to study the references to ability of program design, by which it reaches consensus on its concept. The ability of program design is of a comprehensive ability, comprising twelve factors which form an ability ring. The ability ring contains three stages correspondent to the primary stage, the middle stage and the advanced stage. The concept of the ability to design the program is defined in the article by introducing the characteristics of the people who have the capacity to design the program.
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