Prof Herman Steyn
Course Leader
Module: PM Principles, Practices and Scheduling
Prior to pursuing his ‘second career’ as an academic (full professor/emeritus professor in project management at the GSTM, University of Pretoria), Herman worked for 22 years in project environments where he held senior positions and managed a variety of small and large projects.
He is a Millennium Life Member of the SA Society of Professional Engineers.
Rewards he recently received during his ‘second career’:
2025: Lifetime Achiever Award, PMI (Project Management Institute) SA Chapter - for "... outstanding performance, dedication, and professionalism [that] demonstrated the true spirit of project management excellence."
2024: ScholarGPS ranked Herman as No. 20 globally in the field of project management in 2024 and placed him in the top 0.5% of all scholars worldwide.
2023: The CPM (College of Performance Management) acknowledged Herman internationally with the "Professor of the Year 2023" award.
Since 2008, he has been co-author (with John M. Nicholas of Loyola University of Chicago) of the book Project Management for Engineering, Business, and Technology, 7th Edition in 2025.
His publications on project management and related fields can be viewed at Google Scholar
He has served as an expert witness in litigation involving project management and has taught numerous in-house project management workshops and short courses.
His qualifications include engineering degrees, an MBA, and a PhD in Engineering Management.
