Who Should Attend
The course is designed for:
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Product Owners, Programme Managers, Project Managers, and IT Managers who are seeking to foster product-thinking culture and establish collaborative processes within their organisations.
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Teams undergoing business transformation and seeking to incorporate product-centric approach in their future state. As product thinking is founded upon cross-functional collaboration between teams involved in the design and implementation of products and services, this course would benefit strategic leaders, technologists, and business stakeholders (such as PMO, Marketing, Sales).
Prerequisites
There are no work experience level prerequisites to attend this course. Participants with prior years of relevant experience working with functional teams for product and service delivery will benefit more from the course.
What Will Be Covered
Product Thinking Concepts and Impact
Understand the importance of product-thinking in modern organisations. Introduce product management frameworks and key terminologies. Recognise mindset changes necessary to adapt to a product-thinking approach.
The Product Approach to Solving Problems
Recognise the need to improve the quality of problem solving with a product approach. Learn how to identify user problems effectively and align them with business goals. Explore strategies to productise solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.
Digital as a Lever for Productisation
Examine how digital transformation influences product development across industries. Identify key digital elements and explore how emerging technologies can be leveraged to align with the product approach, enabling organisations to adapt to challenges.
Applying Product Thinking for Different Types of Organisations
Discuss real-world challenges and strategies for adopting the various parts of product thinking in an organisation.
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:
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Minimum
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Recommended
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Computer and processor
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1.6 GHz or faster, 2-core Intel Core i3 or equivalent
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1.8 GHz, 2-core Intel Core i3 or equivalent
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Memory
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4 GB RAM
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8 GB RAM
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Hard Disk
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256 GB disk size
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Display
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1280 x 768 screen resolution (32-bit requires hardware acceleration for 4K and higher)
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Graphics
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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).
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DirectX 10 graphics card for graphics hardware acceleration
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Others
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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
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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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NUS-ISS and Learner’s Commitment and Responsibilities
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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.