Graduate Certificate in Designing and Managing Products and Platforms - Practice Module

Enquiry
Programme Code D50
Domain
Product Management
CIO
Design
Level
Advanced
Learning Partner(s)
NUS-ISS
Duration
10 Days
Format In-person
Rating
Competencies
Market/User Research & Planning Product Strategy Product Life Cycle Management Product Go-To-Market Digital Strategy & Planning
Job Roles
Project Manager (Agile) Product Manager ICT&SS Professional Engagement Manager Digital Service Manager Digital Business Analyst

Overview

Deep dive into a practice-based programme to conceptualise and design a platform for business growth, where you can apply your learnings to your work projects. This is a practice programme for public service officers who want to attain the qualification of an NUS Graduate Certificate in Designing and Managing Products and Platforms.

Over four months, you would have completed the requisite four programmes - Service Design, Managing Digital Products, Digital Product Strategy and Architecting Platforms as a Business, and may proceed to advance to the Practice Module and apply your learnings to a project applicable to your work and demonstrate proficiency of acquired skills. Teams of three to four members would be formed, and each member is expected to contribute at least 10 man-days of effort. Finally, you are required to undergo a final individual assessment.

Key Takeaways

At the end of this programme, you will be able to:
  • Understand the challenges of the digital product eco-system that the product strategist operates in
  • Acquire key skills to develop a strategy for the entire digital product lifecycle - from strategy to development, launch, growth and exit
  • Demonstrate understanding and skills acquisition by working in teams to develop and present their digital product strategy to a panel of industry product leaders for assessment

Who Should Attend

  • Please refer to the job roles section.
  • This is an intermediate programme intended for Public Service Officers, businesses, and technical architects operating in the digital product space, who need to have a practice-based programme to conceptualise and design a platform for business growth. Managers and professionals working on strategy and business or digital product innovations can also benefit.
  • You are expected to interact to share views and experiences while working in their respective teams.

Prerequisites

You need to complete the four modular programmes for Designing and Managing Products and Platforms before taking this certification:

Programme Structure

This programme will cover:

Project

Provides you the opportunity to demonstrate competency of your newly acquired skills in a team-based mini-capstone and an individual assessment. For the project, you will work in teams on a problem or opportunity.

It is also attached to a formal grading mechanism so that the certificate may be used as one component in the NUS-ISS Stackable Master of Technology (MTech) in Software Engineering

Components

An example of a possible project might start with a problem statement like "How might we raise environmental sustainability in NUS?"

You will be expected to refine the problem statement through various research methods, including first hand inputs etc. They would then analyse the customer/market needs, before formulating the product/platform idea with validated value proposition(s). An overall technical architectural plan and a product strategy with a sound investment plan and business case are required. The teams will be mentored through the project and will be assessed at intermediate points and at final completion.

Fees

Full Fee

Full programme fee

S$200

9% GST on nett programme  fee

S$18
Total nett programme fee payable, including GST S$218

With effect from 1 Jan 2024

NOTE
Payment for this programme is to NUS-ISS, National University of Singapore.

How To Register
Agency-sponsored
Step 1 Apply through your organisation's training request system.
Step 2 Your organisation's training request system (or relevant HR staff) confirms your organisation's approval for you to take the programme .

Your organisation will send registration information to the academy.

Organisation HR L&D or equivalent staff can click here for details of the registration submission process.
Step 3 GovTech Digital Academy will inform you whether you have been successful in enrolment.