Portfolio of EvidenceCollins Nkambule

31 October 2015

OverviewFull Names: Collins Nkambule

Identity Number: 9306145513083

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Technical Skill SetSkills and strengths

* Collins is an extremely self motivated young developer. He shows great discipline, is reliable, meets deadlines and is able to be left alone to conduct research, solve problems or learn new technologies without the need to be micro-managed. Collins chose C# as his primary technology and has a strong desire to improve his skills in the Microsoft stack. That said, he also got heavily involved in PHP and

MySQL.

Signed - Ed Wrede , Technical Manager _________________________________________

Soft Skill Set

Top 3MotivationEfficiencyDiscipline

Most Improved CompetencyEfficiency - Collins has grown the skill of getting things done swiftly without compromising on the quality of

output, whether it is code centric incl. scripts, basic testing, documentation or softer skills such as team management and reporting.

Signed - Diego Snayers, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager _________________________________________

TestimonialDue to his ability to execute on a spec, conduct his own research and meet deadlines Collins would make

a great junior developer in any development team geared around Microsoft technologies. He is also passionate about web technologies and has basic exposure to Javascript and HTML5 based web

technologies.

Collins is also ambitious and driven which I believe will see him take any opportunities presented to him and rise through the ranks in any development team.

Signed - Gary Bannatyne, Managing Director _________________________________________

What is The Digital AcademyThe Digital Academy is built to create the impact and output of digital products and innovations that have commercial intent.

This is done by sourcing talented young Africans and further developing them by creating commercial innovations for corporate clients that have industry commercial applications.

The integrity of The Digital Academy is built on the vision to create opportunities for the youth through incentive based learning by partnering with stakeholders that share the same vision and desire for impact.

The Rapid Internship Program is designed to identify talent and fast track opportunities and success for these individuals.

We have created an environment and platform which allows for the optimal development of the young software developer to grow technically as well as tactically, through immersion into a real world and industry standard development lifecycle.

Our interns solve real problems with innovative solutions, from ideation to deployment.

Tactical/Soft-skill ReportWhy do we measure soft skills at The Digital Academy?

While technical skills may lead to a qualification and a starting contract, interpersonal skills are what are the most valuable to a young professionals career development. One’s work ethic, attitude, communication skills, emotional intelligence and a host of other personal attributes are the soft skills that are crucial for career success.

What are we measuring?

We have identified 10 competencies which are absolutely key in the successful completion of our program, and in the development of an innovative mind, and passionate executor. These competencies are:

How do we measure?

We measure the competencies and progress from self-assessments as well as team leader ratings. To complete the 360 perspective, the monitoring & evaluation manager will assess the interns progress as well. This occurs on a weekly basis, and personal feedback is recorded to give context for sharp changes.

Problem-solving

Discipline

Motivation

Team Player

Communication

Leadership

Initiative

Ambition

Emotional Intelligence

Efficiency

Competency Ratings for Collins Nkambule

Please note that these scores are given from 3 perspectives out of a maximum of 5 points, and then consolidated for an overall 360 score, per competency per month.

This scorecard allows us to measure and track growth or decline over the period of the internship with regard to the key competency as listed on the right.

Letter of AttendanceDear future employer

This letter serves to confirm that Collins Nkambule with identity number 9306145513083, was carefully selected through a 3-stage recruitment process from a pool of approx. 800 applications to be inducted into The Digital Academy Internship on 01 Aug 2015, he has successfully completed the program on 31 Oct 2015.

The program is a work-integrated and experiential learning program. It addresses key issues within the South African IT industry, including an alarming percentage of graduate unemployment, and evident skills gap.

The program is run over 3 months and provides the opportunity for the intern to be involved in challenging and exciting projects being built with our partner in mind. This allows for the transfer and sharpening of knowledge. Our focus is on software and technology development skills supervised by subject matter experts. The intern is equipped with the basic soft and operational skills such as leadership, project management and effective communication. We aim to produce principled, innovative and workplace ready developers, supporting a culture of agile learning and development.

The intern compiles a portfolio of evidence to support and justify his/her career advancement, and we believe that Collins will add value to specific workplaces through the application of key technical skills and interpersonal competencies as an individual or within a team, that has been demonstrated.

______________________________Gary Bannatyne Co-Founder / Managing Director

Please contact info@thedigitalacademy.co.za for a reference check

Technical ReportThe technical report considers the hard skills possessed and developed

by the intern, 10 of which have been identified as key building blocks of the successful software developer.

The skills are rated out of 10 maximum points, at the outset of the program and at its close. The scoring is ultimately done by the technical manager, he is assisted by two mid-level developers.

Initial skills ratingsUpon entering The Digital Academy Collin’s skills were rated as follows

by the technical team:

Final skills ratingsAfter her 3 months at The Digital Academy Collin’s skills were rated as

follows by the technical team:

Object oriented practices

Maintain-ability of code

Docu-menation

Problem solving ability

Primary techno-logy (JS)

Secondary techno-logy (Unity)

Planning of deliver-able execution

Database prof-iciency

Ability to work from a spec

Server side program-ming

3 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6

Object oriented practices

Maintain-ability of code

Docu-menation

Problem solving ability

Primary techno-logy (JS)

Secondary techno-logy (Unity)

Planning of deliver-able execution

Database prof-iciency

Ability to work from a spec

Server side program-ming

6 6 5 8 7 6 7 5 5 6

Work Evidence

The Project represented in the screenshots below are to be considered evidence of applied skill in software development across the development lifecycle.