The Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) at Wits University is set to host the third annual Agile Africa conference on 24 to 26 August 2015.
The event will feature headline speakers, including renowned Agile expert, Kent Beck, ThoughtWorks Chief Technology Officer, Dr Rebecca Parsons, and software gurus Aslam Khan, Paul E McMahon and Doug Bradbury.
JCSE director, Professor Barry Dwolatzky says the 2015 line-up features the best of Agile and will provide immense value to all those attending.
"We have 25 talks and poster sessions ranging from adopting Agile in corporate environments to dealing with conflict in Agile teams, Agile on steroids, real Agile quality, Agile analyst mindsets and more. Agile Africa 2015 is going to be the best yet and anyone who has an interest in agile needs to attend," says Dwolatzky.
He adds there are also five workshops to choose from covering topics such as user-centred design, how to cope with Agile and change, also an opportunity to discover the new Essence: A Thinking Framework To Power Software Development Team Performance by Paul E McMahon.
A fun session for all coders is the Code Sparring Tournament where coders get to practise their skills by competing head-to-head with fellow coders in an ultimate test of programming and problem solving skills.
"We are lucky to have Doug Bradbury, director of Software Services for 8th Light in Chicago host this tournament. Doug helped 8th Light develop and refine its modern apprenticeship programme, and has mentored several apprentices into successful software careers," says Dwolatzky.
Agile Africa 2015 is a major highlight on the JCSE calendar. It aims to cover as many aspects of Agile, while providing excellent networking sessions with some leading agile experts.
The event will take place at The Parktonian Hotel and will again be part of the Fak'ugesi Digital Africa Festival, which runs from 24 August until 13 September 2015.
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