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

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

• 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:

• Service Design
• Managing Digital Products
• Digital Product Strategy
• Architecting Platforms as a Business