CIO Milestone Module 7 - Capstone Project

Overview

The CIO Milestone Programme aims to enable CIOs to adopt a strategic role within their agencies to influence and drive digitalisation agenda by leveraging innovative use of technologies. A comprehensive programme paced out over seven months, it is specially designed for you to acquire deeper understanding of emerging and evolving facets of digital leadership; digital business models, sharpen your ability for high-impact stakeholder influence and distil the learnings from government digitalisation case studies that will benefit your agencies directly.

As Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) and Heads of Departments, be equipped with the right knowledge and tools to drive your digitalisation journey at your respective agencies. The CIO Milestone Programme is carefully designed by practitioners for practitioners to ensure that you can apply your learnings to solve real-world problems faced by your agency through six (6) modules, learning journey pit stops and capstone project components.

The Capstone Project (Module 7) is an ongoing endeavour that takes place over a few months. It serves to address a real-world challenge that your agency is currently facing and tangibly showcases your learnings through the programme. You will need to form a team (four to five members) and are expected to contribute at least eight (8) man-days of effort.

This module also comprises of the CIO Milestone Programme Kick-off and the two Learning Journeys planned out. 

CIO Milestone Programme Kick-off
Find out more what the CIO Milestone Programme entails in this face-to-face session. Connect with your fellow participating peers and meet the practitioners who designed the programme.  

Learning Journey Pit Stop 1
Level up on your understanding of the first three modules through this learning field trip, fireside sessions with digital experts and sharing sessions with your cohort.

Mid Capstone Presentation
This mid-way checkpoint summarises your team’s “Discovery & Envisioning” and “Validation & Strategy” phases. You will be presenting to a panel comprising of GovTech, NUS-ISS and industry leaders to garner feedback.

Learning Journey Pit Stop 2
Level up on your understanding of the last three modules through this learning field trip, fireside sessions with digital experts and sharing sessions with your cohort.

Final Capstone Presentation
In tandem with Modules 5 and 6, you and your team will be working towards the final capstone project presentation to share your deliverables to a panel comprising GovTech, NUS-ISS and industry leaders. The capstone project demonstrates the holistic application of the learning across all the modules of the CIO Milestone Programme.

Key Takeaways

At the end of the Capstone Project module, you will be able to apply and demonstrate how learning across all six modules led to a coherent digital transformation plan which aligns with DttCframework for your respective agency.

Who Should Attend

• Please refer to the job roles section. 
• Public Service Leaders or Officers in Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Director/Deputy Director of IT or Digital, Technical Solution Manager (TSM) roles.
• Head of Departments embarking on their digital transformation journey