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Architecting Platforms as a Business

Overview

Reference No TGS-2020001461
Part of Graduate Certificate in Designing and Managing Products and Platforms
Duration 4 days
Course Time 9:00am - 5:00pm
Enquiry Please email ask-iss@nus.edu.sg for more details.

Digitalisation is an enabler for business innovation. This course focuses on the platform business model, offering organisations a way of creating new value by bringing together producers and consumers of products and services to discover and match their needs.  Advancements in information and communication technologies bridges the gaps between the physical and digital worlds.

A “Think Platform” approach requires a change of perspective. It expands beyond a product which focuses on an organisation and its customer. Instead it adopts an outside-in approach starting with the ecosystem. Value creation amongst entities of the platform ecosystem drives success of the platform.

Upcoming Classes

Class 1 03 Jul 2025 to 11 Jul 2025 (Full Time)

Duration: 4 days

When:
Jul:
03, 07, 10, 11
Time:
09:00am to 05:00pm



Key Takeaways

The course aims to equip participants with an understanding of the role of platforms in business, the methods and process to design a business platform and the key enablers required to operationalise the platform. Based on the business needs, the relevant technical architecture blocks are defined to support the platform. On completion of this course, participants would be able to:

  • Understand the role of platforms and identify the benefits and challenges of creating a business platform
  • Design a business platform with a platform modelling framework
  • Define the technical architecture blocks required for the platform
  • Define key enablers to operationalize the platform
  • Transitioning from a product to a platform and how key assets of the platform enable growth

The course will take the participants through design phases with hands-on activities. Participants are expected to do some pre-reading to be up to speed. Case based discussions, industry practitioners sharing will be used to augment learning.




Who Should Attend

This is an intermediate course is intended for managers, professionals, and business and technical architects operating in the digital product space, who need to have a practice based course to conceptualise and design a platform for business growth.  Managers and professionals working on strategy and business or digital product innovations can also benefit.

Participants are expected to come from both corporate enterprises and start-ups, and are expected to interact to share views and experiences while working in their respective teams.

Prerequisites

  • Participants with 3 to 5 years of working experience in product management or with functional experience in a specific domain transitioning to a larger digital role would benefit most from the course;  have a strong interest in digital product and services and an understanding of how these enhance business competitiveness; foundational insights into technology and its architecture.
  • This is an intensive, fully hands-on course, and participants are expected to do prior readings, class preparation and project work outside of in-class sessions over a 4-week period. 
  • Participants must have working experience in a business or technology function.  Some understanding of product management would be useful.  Participants should have a keen interest to develop a digital platform business.
  • NUS-ISS also offers a range of other courses in product management and design thinking for participants new to digital.

    Useful Pre-Course Knowledge

    Participants who are new to product management are strongly encouraged to attend the Managing Digital Products to enhance their learning experience for APAB.

    What to Bring

    No printed copies of course materials are issued.
    Participants must bring their internet-enabled computing device (laptops, tablet etc) with power charger to access and download course materials. 

    If you are bringing a laptop, please see below for the tech specs:

     

    Minimum

    Recommended

    Computer and processor

    1.6 GHz or faster, 2-core Intel Core i3 or equivalent

    1.8 GHz, 2-core Intel Core i3 or equivalent

    Memory

    4 GB RAM

    8 GB RAM

    Hard Disk

    256 GB disk size

     

    Display

    1280 x 768 screen resolution (32-bit requires hardware acceleration for 4K and higher)

     

    Graphics

    Graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX 9 or later, with WDDM 2.0 or higher for Windows 10 (or WDDM 1.3 or higher for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update).

    DirectX 10 graphics card for graphics hardware acceleration

    Others

    An internet connection – broadband wired or wireless

    Speakers and a microphone – built-in or USB plug-in or wireless Bluetooth

    A webcam or HD webcam - built-in or USB plug-in

     




    What Will Be Covered

    This course will cover :

    Platform Business
  • Types of platforms models
  • Impact on business
  • Role of ecosystems in platform
  • Phases of platform design


  • Ecosystem Analysis and Profiling
  • Entities, roles and platform participants
  • Platform modelling
  • Workshop on ecosystem profiling


  • The two Engines of platform design
  • Design considerations for the transaction and learning engines
  • Value Capture,pricing and monetisation
  • Workshop on transaction identification for value exchange and promotion of platform usage


  • Metrics and Platform Enablers
  • What to measure and why
  • Enablers – Governance, Trust, Brand
  • Workshop to identify success metrics and KPIs and how to design enablers

  • Technology Architecture for the Platform
  • The Platform Technical Reference (PTR) model and the “to-be” building blocks and components for the Platform Strategy.
  • The principles, standards and  best practices for technology decisions
  • The Gaps Analysis matrix between the “as-is” and the “to-be” Technology Architectures
  • The Minimum Viable Platform (MVP) for specific business products and services with a view for platform growth and sustainability
  • Design considerations for security, reliability, scalability, sustainability, maintainability, growth, comprehensiveness, integration for business and market needs.
  • Workshop on technical platform challenges to enable business alignment


  • Architectural Challenges
  • Addressing architectural challenges in platform design
  • Addressing business decisions through the technical design


  • Workshop project presentation
  • Assessment and reflection



  • Fees & Subsidies

    Fees for 2024
      Full Fee Singaporeans & PRs
    (self-sponsored)
    Full course fee S$3600 S$3600
    ISS Subsidy  - (S$360)
    Nett course fee S$3600 S$3240
    9% GST on nett course fee S$324 S$291.60
    Total nett course fee payable, including GST S$3924 S$3531.60
    Note:
    1. All fees and subsidies are valid from January 2024, unless otherwise advised.
    2. All self-sponsored Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their SkillsFuture Credit to pay for course fees. For more information about SkillsFuture Credit, click here.
    3. From 1st January 2024, the GST will be increased to 9%.



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    Certificate

    Certificate of Completion
    Participants have to meet a minimum attendance rate of 75% and are required to pass the assessment to be issued a Certificate of Completion.



    Preparing for Your Course

    NUS-ISS Course Registration Terms and Conditions

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    WIFI Access

    WIFI access will be made available to participants.

    Venue

    NUS-ISS
    25 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
    Singapore 119615

    Click HERE for directions to NUS-ISS

    In the event of a change of venue, participants are advised to refer to the acceptance email sent one week prior to the commencement date.

    Course Confirmation

    All classes are subject to confirmation and NUS-ISS will send an acceptance email to participants one week prior to the commencement date. Confirmed registrants are to attend and complete all lectures, class exercises, workshops and assessments (where applicable). Additionally, all responses to feedbacks and surveys conducted by NUS-ISS and its partners must be submitted. All training and assessments will be delivered as described in the course webpage.

    General Enquiry

    Please feel free to write to ask-iss@nus.edu.sg if you have any enquiry or feedback.




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