PMSA GAUTENG BRANCH

Presents: Contemporary Project Management: A Millennials Perspective by Professor Ernest Mnkandla

As technology continues to change and improve human life so does the complexity of projects. Today’s methods, tools, and techniques for project management are shaping the experiences and skills for more complex projects that the future generations will undertake.

This talk will discuss the ‘waves’ of project management methods, tools and techniques from what was used then to what is used today and what will be relevant tomorrow. Agile project management will be discussed in detail as an example of a modern and growing approach to project management.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Professor Ernest Mnkandla is an associate professor at the University of South Africa’s School of Computing, he lectures Software Engineering and Software Project Management to honours students. He also supervises a number of master and doctoral students. He has lectured in ICT for over 15 years.

Ernest’s educational background includes an honours degree in Electrical Engineering, a master degree in Computer Science, and a PhD in Software Engineering. He is a certified Scrum Master.

Prof Mnkandla researches in software engineering, software project management (tools and techniques), the relations between PMI’s PMBOK and Agile Project Management, the adoption issues in agile software development methods, the broader issues of software process improvement (SPI) and predictive analytics and project management intelligence.

He is passionate about improving the quality of software development at an individual developer’s level i.e. the Personal Software Process (PSP) and he coaches young developers to measure and improve their performance. Ernest has presented extensively on agile methodologies and software development projects within Africa and internationally.

The presentation will be followered by networking and light refreshments.

Earn one contact hour for attending this event. (Contact hours can be submitted towards professional develpment points. Be sure to sign the register)