Product Development Course | 6 weeks online

Program overview

Unleash your full potential as a Product Manager or Product Owner in the modern industry. Digital businesses can only succeed with innovative and value-focused specialists who excel in collaboration with both stakeholders and delivery teams. Such a role requires rare qualities, combining solid understanding of value strategies, innovation mindset, leadership skills, and agile delivery capabilities. This masterclass lets you obtain the competencies to thrive in all stages of modern product development life cycles.

Upcoming dates

Schedule: Tue & Thu, 16:00 - 19:00 (remote)

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Course dates

Tuition

31. Dec 21

02. Jan 22 - 10. Feb 22

CHF 3'333

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What you'll learn

This course has been designed with a hands-on approach in mind. In each session a chunk of theory is immediately followed by a practical challenge. This didactical cycle is repeated multiple times per session.

Product Development Fundamentals

Product development strategies
Industry trends that shape future product development
Digital Transformation

Business Strategy

Gaining insights to support decisions
Value outcomes over delivery outputs
Business model canvases

Product Development Approaches

Lean Startup
Agile product development
Digital Transformation

New Product Development (NPD) and Agile

NPD stages
Agile values and practices
Scrum & Kanban at a glance

Leading Innovation

Fuzzy front end
Lean Startup
Design Thinking

Product Manager & Product Owner Role

Crucial leadership behaviors
Working with stakeholders
Collaboration with delivery teams

Design Thinking

Design Thinking stages
Connecting DT with product delivery
Design Thinking case study

Portfolio & Backlog Management

Portfolio Kanbans and value streams
Epics, features and stories
Backlog management & prioritization

Product Design

Agile requirements
Personas and story refinement
Leading backlog grooming

Agile Product Delivery

Incremental value-based development
Agile Scrum life cycle execution
PM/PO work during execution

Testing & Validation

Early experiments and feedback
Verifying product design
Market validation approaches

Product Launch

Product launch marketing
Product deployment strategies
Post product launch activities

Weekly schedule

Mo

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fr

Sat

09H00

12H00

13H00

16H00

19H00

Lecture

Learn from our instructors who are experts in their respective fields and get introduced to new topics during live lectures.

Practice

Work on a set of interesting challenges related to the topics covered in the previous lesson.

Application process and prerequisites

This course is ideal for aspiring Product Managers, Agile Product Owners, Product Designers or people with prior experience looking to sharpen their skills.

Simply apply to the program here.

FAQs

Is there an interview selection for this course?

No, as long as you have a strong interest in learning how to develop a great product this course is for you.

How does SIT Academy’s curriculum differ from self-paced training?

Our teaching methods deliver value far beyond what you could get out of a self-paced course. The constant interaction and mentorship of teachers and teaching assistants is what determines the efficacy and quality of our didactical method.

Are any technical skills required?

No, this course is about strategies, innovation mindset, leadership skills, and agile delivery capabilities. These topics don’t need any specific technical skills.

Bruce Schoor

Digital Enterprise Lean-Agile Coach/Trainer/Adviser

Bruce Schoor is a lean-agile strategist, coach and trainer at agileXL, a consulting firm focused on ...