The CIO should be a person with a combination of strong technical, business and leadership skills. This Multi-disciplinary Certificate in CIO Practice is aimed at people aspiring to fill the CIO role, and covers a mix of topics dealing with issues relating to technology, strategic (C-level) management, business and human capital management processes and ICT policy in regulation. The focus is to provide an integrated overview of issues and trends in all of these areas.

The three-day course, “Introduction to CMMI”, introduces participants to the fundamental concepts of the CMMI model. The course assists companies in integrating best practices from proven discipline-specific process improvement models, including systems engineering, software engineering, integrated product and process development and supplier sourcing.

The Continued Professional Development (CPD) Programme in Software Engineering is a 2 year part-time programme of courses from the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) and Wits University’s School of Electrical & Information Engineering. It is aimed at creating a pool of highly skilled software engineers capable of filling senior positions in the ICT industry.