Product Management

Upon completion of this program, the successful student with have reliably demonstrated the ability to understand and apply the underlying principles of:

- Opportunity Discovery
- Agile Methodologies and Scrum
- Minimum Viable Product
- Go To Market Models

Our curriculum is built through regular consultation with industry professional and hiring partners, and is designed to teach the skills, tools and technologies to meet the evolving needs and trends emerging in the tech industry.

Opportunity Discovery

- Customer discovery interviews to uncover market opportunities
- Competitor and comparative analysis in opportunity discovery
- Discovering customer pain through user flows and journeys
- Market models for customer discovery: feature analysis and matrix models 
- HMW statements, 36 stratagems, picture prompts and analogy thinking
- Trends & patterns: tech and trend matrix

Agile Methodologies and Scrum

- Understanding Agile vs traditional waterfall project management
- The 4 Values and 12 Principles of Agile, and and the Agile Manifesto
- Scrum as an Agile Methodology 
- Kanban boards and sprint meetings
- Stories, SMART Objectives and OKRs
- Agile Project Management Tools 

Minimum Viable Product

- Understanding MVP and Lean Startup by Eric Ries: prioritizing learning over product perfection
- Frameworks for MVP development: ser journeys and use flows for MVP development
- Quantitative vs qualitative feedback methods
- Continuous iteration: collecting, recording and implementing feedback    

Go To Market Models

- Establishing product - market fit and the business case
- Validating user personas and value propositions
- Audience needs and matching expectations through visual language i.e branding, headline messaging, imagery and iconography
- Pricing strategy, business models and cash flow models
- Marketing plan: branding, lead generation, content, key channels
- Sales strategy and customer support: tools, resources, collateral, training 
- Establishing KPIs and metrics for success

Product Manager, User Interface Designer, User Experience Designer, UX Researcher, Information Architect, Graphic Designer, Web Designer, Communication Designer, Production Designer, Interactive Designer, Art Director, Creative Director

Standard Course Fee: S$2,160.00

SSG Funding Support	Course fee	Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes
	BEFORE funding & GST	AFTER funding & 7% GST	AFTER funding & 8% GST
Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding)	S$2,000.00	S$642.00	S$648.00
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)		S$242.00	S$248.00
SCs aged ≥ 40 years old SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) (Up to 90% funding)

• NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.

Note: Course fee payment made before 1 Jan 2023 will be subject to GST at 7%, and payment made on or after 1 Jan 2023 will be subject to GST at 8%.