Coetzee, LSeetharam, DButgereit, LVan Gelder, A2010-07-132010-07-132010-05Coetzee, L, Seetharam, D, Butgereit, L and Van Gelder, A. 2010. SAFIPA-Meraka Institute code-sprints program; a mechanism to enhance the development capacity of emerging developers – observations and lessons learned. IST-Africa 2010 Conference Proceedings. 19-21 May 2010, Durban, pp 8http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4066IST-Africa 2010 Conference Proceedings. 19-21 May 2010, DurbanSouth Africa produces a large number of engineering and computer science graduates annually. There is a perception that many of these graduates are not work ready and require additional training before they can contribute to large scale information and communication technology initiatives. This perception is substantiated through the various interventions employers use to expose the young graduates to, in order to improve their skills and to be able to contribute on projects. Various models have been experimented with, to improve the skills of these young graduates. This paper presents experiences gathered from executing two code-sprints. The code-sprints live up to the expectations of the sprinters and arm them with skills required in industry. The sprinters also added required functionality to the two code-sprint targetsenCode-sprintSkills developmentcommunication technologyInformation technologyIST-Africa 2010SAFIPA-Meraka InstituteConference PresentationCoetzee, L., Seetharam, D., Butgereit, L., & Van Gelder, A. (2010). SAFIPA-Meraka Institute code-sprints program; a mechanism to enhance the development capacity of emerging developers – observations and lessons learned. The authors. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4066Coetzee, L, D Seetharam, L Butgereit, and A Van Gelder. "SAFIPA-Meraka Institute code-sprints program; a mechanism to enhance the development capacity of emerging developers – observations and lessons learned." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4066Coetzee L, Seetharam D, Butgereit L, Van Gelder A, SAFIPA-Meraka Institute code-sprints program; a mechanism to enhance the development capacity of emerging developers – observations and lessons learned; The authors; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4066 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Coetzee, L AU - Seetharam, D AU - Butgereit, L AU - Van Gelder, A AB - South Africa produces a large number of engineering and computer science graduates annually. There is a perception that many of these graduates are not work ready and require additional training before they can contribute to large scale information and communication technology initiatives. This perception is substantiated through the various interventions employers use to expose the young graduates to, in order to improve their skills and to be able to contribute on projects. Various models have been experimented with, to improve the skills of these young graduates. This paper presents experiences gathered from executing two code-sprints. The code-sprints live up to the expectations of the sprinters and arm them with skills required in industry. The sprinters also added required functionality to the two code-sprint targets DA - 2010-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Code-sprint KW - Skills development KW - communication technology KW - Information technology KW - IST-Africa 2010 KW - SAFIPA-Meraka Institute LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 T1 - SAFIPA-Meraka Institute code-sprints program; a mechanism to enhance the development capacity of emerging developers – observations and lessons learned TI - SAFIPA-Meraka Institute code-sprints program; a mechanism to enhance the development capacity of emerging developers – observations and lessons learned UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4066 ER -