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Product Management Programme

Programme Partner

Overview

Why Enrol in Product Management?

The success of a company hinges on the effectiveness of its product management process. Whether you’re looking to bring new products to market or improve upon existing ones, the product life cycle requires management and leadership in order for value to be delivered to customers. In fact, nearly 70% of product managers surveyed agreed that product management is a leadership role.

  • Next Course Starts On 26 September 2024 (Thu)
  • Duration4 months, Online 4-6 hours per week
  • LevelAdvanced
  • VenueOnline
Learning Objectives

Develop the product mindset needed to bring viable products (or services) to market

Define the problem a product will solve, map the customer’s journey and create user personas

Use design thinking to generate innovative ideas and solutions to design problems

Analyse strategies and frameworks for developing, marketing and selling a product

Evaluate product road mapping and prototyping decisions using various product management techniques and practices

Outline a plan to create a competitive scalable product using key product development strategies and frameworks

Develop an understanding of the different types of pricing strategies and formats in launching a new product, and how an innovative pricing strategy can be a critical differentiator in launching a new product

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

140 Video Lectures

140+ Pre-Recorded Video Lectures* from SMU faculty with for self-paced learning interspersed with live lectures from renowned SMU faculty and industry practitioners.

50+ Industry Examples

50+ Industry Examples

26 Assignments

26 Assignments

 10 Discussion Boards

10 Discussion Boards

6 Tools

6 Tools

6 Live sessions with faculty and 9 with Industry expert

6 Live sessions with faculty and 9 with Industry expert

2+ Case studies

2+ Case studies

1 Capstone Project

1 Capstone Project

Modules on Generative AI Including Applications

Modules on Generative AI Including Applications

Topics/Structure

Features:

  • Definition of Product Management
  • Gartner View On Product Management
  • General Product Management Skills
  • Specific Product Management Skills in Software, Technology, Life sciences
  • Role of a Product Manager
  • Case Study Discussion: Kindle Fire

Features:

  • Product development in the digital age
  • Designing customer centric products and design thinking
  • Product opportunity gap and minimum viable product
  • Lean and agile product development methods
  • Pricing strategies & business models
  • Managing product life cycle

Features:

  • Product Portfolio Strategy
  • Portfolio Management
  • Cumulative Demand Growth Life Cycle
  • Value Creation

Features:

  • Empathising with ethnography
  • Introduction to design thinking
  • Prototyping and testing
  • Ideating by numbers
  • The value proposition.

Features:

  • How to prepare a PIC
  • Preparing a product concept
  • The problem-find-solve approach
  • The problem-find-solve approach

Features:

  • Introduction & warm-up interactive individual exercise with Miro
  • What’s UX? (Roles, Day in Life of UXers, Current Trends in the field)
  • On-boarding Figma
  • Figma follow-along activity

Features:

  • Traditional and Lean product development processes
  • Agile scrum philosophy and methodology
  • Agile and Design Thinking
  • Combining best practices

Features:

  • Strategic importance of pricing
  • Value-based pricing
  • Multidimensional value
  • Creating value-based pricing
  • Business pricing models:
    • Product as a Service (PaaS)
    • Freemium Pricing Model
    • Users as Product Model
    • Subscription and Value Chain Delinking Model
    • Walled Garden Mode

Features:

  • Introduction to Positioning: Direct Competitive Comparison, Category Shifting, Uniqueness
  • Preparing for Positioning
  • Firm Considerations
  • Reflecting Strategies with examples

Salient Features:

  • Introduction to Product Life Cycle (PLC):
  • Profit Considerations of PLC
  • PLC Models
  • Growth, maturity and decline considerations.
  • Importance of Pricing from a consumer and financial perspective.
  • Different prototypes of pricing strategies and a discussion of their advantages and limitations.

Features:

  • Growth Hacking Strategy
  • Strategy as Position: 5 Forces analysis
  • Concept of causal reasoning
  • Effectuation
  • Principles of effectuation


Note: *This programme is primarily self-paced online with some live sessions conducted by programme faculty. The availability of post-session video recordings is at the discretion of the faculty members, and Emeritus or the institute cannot guarantee their availability. We have a curated panel of distinguished industry practitioners who will conduct weekly live doubt-clearing sessions. **Assignments will be graded by industry practitioners who are available to support participants in their learning journey, and/or by the Emeritus grading team. The final number of quizzes, assignments, and discussions will be confirmed closer to the start of the programme.

Further develop your product management experience and portfolio.

This in-depth Capstone Project will challenge you to apply the skills and techniques gained in Week 4 to Week 9 to a real-world product development scenario.

● Module 1: Introduction to Generative AI

● Module 2: Generative AI Models

● Module 3: Working with Generative AI

● Module 4: Product Management

Masterclass to address cutting edge tools and latest developments

The bonus content on Generative AI is optional and does not count towards your final evaluation.

Who Should Attend

The programme is designed for both tech and non-tech professionals. Representative roles and industries that can benefit include:

Industries: IT Product & Services, Banking and Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, Consulting and beyond

Functions: Technological Management, General Management, Operations, and Consulting

This programme is ideal for professionals who are looking to develop new products/services, to increase revenues and profitability, conceptualise disruptive business models with a product-centric approach, manage product portfolios and corporate strategy,

Product Management

Assessment

Schedule

Start Date(s) : Thu, 09/26/2024 - 12:00

Intake Information :

Refer to Online Singapore Management University Courses - Emeritus - Online Certificate Courses | Diploma Programs for the latest updates on application dates and discounts.

For more enquiries, please email to monica.taneja@emeritus.org or ruswelt.pereira@emeritus.org.

Alternatively, you may also write to us at exd@smu.edu.sg for any urgent matters related to the programme.