Project to Product Award in Computer Science

Award descriptionAwards totalling $1,700 have been made available through an endowment established by Dr. Mik Kersten (B.Sc. 1999, Ph.D. 2007) for students enrolled in an undergraduate degree program in the Department of Computer Science who have demonstrated leadership, community engagement or volunteerism. Preference will be given to students who are from communities that have been historically, persistently and systemically discriminated against. Dr. Kersten is the CEO of Tasktop, which he founded in 2007 from work he conducted as a Ph.D. student in the UBC Department of Computer Science under the supervision of Dr. Gail Murphy. Dr. Kerstens book, Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework, published in 2018, introduced a new way of measuring and managing software delivery. Tasktop and Project to Product have helped some of the largest organizations in the world succeed in their digital transformation. Dr. Kersten is passionate about helping individuals and organizations transform how software is built, and in making the technology industry more diverse. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Department of Computer Science.