UBC Sauder Continuing Business Studies
UBC Sauder Continuing Business Studies (CBS) offers cutting-edge, globally renowned courses and programs designed to advance the career of today’s business professional.
We offer flexible learning experiences for busy professionals in the areas of Leading Professional Teams, Agile Leadership, Business Analysis, Change Management, Product Management, Data and Marketing Analytics, Project Management, Behavioural Insights as well as Exam and Test Preps in PMP, Certified ScrumMaster, GMAT, GRE, LSAT and MCAT.
Advanced Professional Certificate in Behavioural Insights
Earners of this certificate are able to: • Define Behavioural Insights, distinguish it from other innovation approaches, and articulate its value. • Discuss the theoretical foundations and practical applications of Behavioural Insights across the public, non-profit, and private sectors. • Define, describe, and discuss the major Behavioural Insights ...Agile Business Analysis
Earners of this badge are able to: • Initiate and implement various planning approaches used in an agile environment, • Work collaboratively to identify and outline a minimum viable product and understand influences in an Agile iteration, • Perform within the Scrum framework and understand typical team roles and responsibilities, • Develop a user story ...Agile Delivery Methods
Earners of this badge are able to: • Analyze and discuss both Lean and Agile principles and methodologies • Utilize knowledge from developments in Lean and iterative and incremental (or Agile) delivery • Gauge project complexity using the Cynefin framework • Discuss the four cornerstones of agile project delivery • Deliver projects through empirical ...Agile Marketing
Earners of this badge are able to: • Identify and discuss how the most common Agile frameworks used today can be adapted by organizations, • Analyze how Agile principles can be used to implement value-driven delivery in marketing projects, • Identify and apply techniques to leverage agility in Data and Marketing Analytics, • Apply the principles of ...Agile Product Ownership
Earners of this badge are able to: • Analyze and discuss the role of the product owner and product owner teams in agile environments, • Map artifacts used in the agile methodology to the five levels of planning, • Design and maintain an incremental release plan that maximizes a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), • Prioritize competing requirements for a ...Agile Project Management
Earners of this badge are able to: • Describe an agile project delivery through iterative and incremental approach, • Explain the differences between traditional project management and agile project management practices, • Describe what key characteristics make an organization’s environment or team agile, • Explain the key roles & responsibilities, ...Applied Project Management
Earners of this badge are able to: • Align a project to organizational needs and priorities, • Assess project requirements and establish the optimal implementation strategy, • Determine a project’s Minimum Viable Product (MVP), • Establish a project leadership and governance structure, • Develop a team structure, • Develop a communications and stakeholder ...Behavioural Insights: Basic Statistical Analysis
Earners of this badge are able to: • Identify, describe, and discuss basic inferential statistical analysis techniques for Behavioural Insights projects. • Conduct, interpret, visualize, and communicate basic inferential statistical analyses evaluating the efficacy of a Behavioural Insights solution. • Analyze, create, and interpret basic data visualizations ...Behavioural Insights: Capstone Project
Earners of this badge are able to: • Scope behavioural problems, including identifying a problem, evaluating its fit for a Behavioural Insights approach, determining an appropriate scope, and navigating an approval process with project partners. • Conduct exploratory secondary research, including designing, conducting, and analyzing academic literature ...Behavioural Insights: Communication & Implementation
Earners of this badge are able to: • Evaluate the execution and communication of a Behavioural Insights project. • Develop evidence-based recommendations, including scaling solutions to the appropriate size. • Communicate results and recommendations to multiple audiences, including Behavioural Insights project partners. • Use an ethical framework to ...
