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Project Management
The Project Management Institute’s latest thinking, as reflected in the PMBOK® Guide Version 8, emphasizes that Project Managers need to adopt a ‘value-centric mindset’. To do that, we need to understand what value means and how our thinking can help optimize the value-creation chain.
Business Analysis, Operations
The pace of change in today's organizations demands a more responsive approach to business analysis. This course explores what it means to practice business analysis in an agile environment, how to work effectively with agile software development teams, respond to shifting priorities and evolving requirements, and deliver what customers need, when they need it. You'll explore the connections between agile methodologies and BA practice, and develop the adaptability to thrive in fast-moving, iterative delivery contexts.
AI and Digital Transformation
The age of AI is not coming: it is here. The gap is widening between organizations that merely use AI tnd hose that leverage it for a decisive competitive advantage. This intensive course is designed for business leaders who are determined to be on the right side of that gap. Co-facilitated by UBC Sauder professor Gene Lee and AI industry expert, Ryan Monsurate, participants will learn to assess their organization’s readiness in data, talent, and governance, and will leave with a practical roadmap to responsibly integrate AI into strategy and operations for sustainable business advantage.
AI and Digital Transformation, Product Management
Designed for experienced Product Managers, this accelerated 5-week program focuses on harnessing the power of AI in product management. Learn how to automate tasks, enhance decision-making, create personalization, conduct predictive analytics, and build AI-powered product platforms. It's perfect for product managers new to AI, those looking to leverage AI as a tool, or those preparing to manage AI technology products.
Business Analysis, Operations
Start here. This course provides an accessible and thorough introduction to the business analysis profession, what business analysts do, how the role fits within organizations, and the techniques and processes used to analyze needs and develop solutions. You'll apply core BA concepts, learn how to engage stakeholders, document requirements, and build your first business process models. This course also includes a PDF of both the BABOK® Guide and the Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide, which will serve as key reference resources throughout the program.
Business Analysis, Operations
Technical skills only go so far. This course develops the leadership and interpersonal capabilities that make business analysts truly effective, helping you deliver more value by working more skillfully with the people around you. You'll examine different leadership styles and how to apply them, explore how to build high-performing teams, and develop the skills to work confidently across agile, waterfall, and hybrid project environments, as well as in product development contexts.
Marketing, Project Management
Connect to a variety of data sources, shape and transform data into meaningful information, and create rich, interactive reports to bring your data to life. Utilize skills you have developed in Excel to manage the transition to Power BI with ease and confidence. Discover the power of the tool to present data and impress your stakeholders.
Exam and Test Preparation, Leadership, Operations
Taught by the only Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) and Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) in Canada, this intensive live online workshop provides a deep, interactive introduction to Scrum and Agile principles. Satisfactory completion is the first step toward the CSM credential awarded by Scrum Alliance.
People, Culture and Change
The most resilient organizations don't just manage change, they build the capacity to embrace it as a continuous discipline. This capstone course takes a strategic perspective on how to strengthen an organization's culture for long-term adaptability. You'll explore how to move beyond one-off change projects toward building lasting change management maturity, develop organizational capability that endures after individual initiatives close, and position your organization to respond confidently to both planned and unplanned change in the future.
General Management
This course arms you with a powerful set of strategies and skills for managing the issues faced by frontline leaders. Communicate between all organizational levels, ensuring that objectives get heard, tasks get acted on, and everyone receives the support they need.
Accounting and Finance
Learn to “think finance” and understand what the numbers are telling you. Read basic financial reports and ask probing questions based on the data they provide. Increase your financial fluency to make your business decisions pay off—in your career, and on the bottom line.
Behavioural Insights
Gain insight into how the new discipline of Behavioural Insights uses behaviourally-informed, evidence-based strategies to improve programs, policies, and products in ways that encourage positive changes in consumers, citizens, and employees.
Leadership
Build the capacity to lead at your best in demanding environments. This course equips leaders with practical strategies to manage energy, sustain focus, and enhance resilience.
Leadership, Project Management
Great project managers don't just manage tasks — they lead people. Based on original research by instructor and project leadership expert Robert Goatham, this course examines how effective project leaders think, communicate, and build buy-in across teams and stakeholders. You'll learn how to navigate the nuanced realities of influencing without authority, driving alignment, and sustaining momentum through uncertainty — skills that are essential for anyone leading from the middle of an organization.
Leadership, Operations
Traditional management practices are no longer effective in volatile, uncertain, and complex environments. This course introduces catalytic leadership, the approach required to enable high-performing, self-organizing agile teams. Topics include: Characteristics of high-performing agile teams. The shift from traditional management to servant and catalytic leadership. Creating the environment for team autonomy and continuous improvement. Supporting delivery on time and on budget without undermining self-organization. Leading with agility: tools, techniques, and approaches for strategic outcomes.