International Professional Program (IPP) - Certificate in Project Management Plus Certificate in Business Analysis, Intelligence and Analytics University of Calgary (Continuing Education) - Downtown Campus, Canada

Continuing Education
International Professional Program
Continuing Education International Professional Program is a full-time, professional development certificate programme that provides students with skills sought by employers. International students in this designated programme are eligible to apply for study permits. Upon completion, students can apply for post-graduate work permits that will allow them to work in friendly and beautiful Calgary or elsewhere in Canada.

Project Management
Project Management is applicable to many fields and is currently a growth sector around the world.

The certificates in this specialization offer leadership training with a mix of business analysis, change management, and technological competencies that enable students to effectively implement new processes and manage projects. With this specialization, gain these competencies and be familiar with a broad range of tools, techniques, and methodologies to contribute to and manage all aspects of a project from start to finish.

What you will learn
The focus is on business analysis, change strategies and facilitation, project life cycles and project management.

• Business analysis - Review of enterprise-wide functions and processes.
• Change strategies - Frameworks and tools, to plan and manage the change process.
• Facilitate change - Technique and tactics to enable change through engaged processes.
• Project life cycle - Phases of conceptualization, initiation, planning, execution, control, and closing.
• Project management - Methodologies to problem-solve organizational challenges.
• Leadership - Deepen your own practice, while developing and fostering a multi-dimensional view of leaders and leadership.

Business Analysis, Intelligence and Analytics
The practices of business analysis, intelligence, and analytics enable you to understand, manage and deliver value with data.

While business analytics uses statistical and quantitative tools for explanatory and predictive modeling, business intelligence collects data to find information through questions, reporting, and analytical processes. This program combines leadership training with three complimentary disciplines. This enables you to successfully evaluate performance, identify inadequacies, and implement solutions in an organization.

What you will learn
The focus is on business analysis, business intelligence, and analytics.

• Analytics tools and strategies - Strategic implications of applying the techniques of business analytics to support the decision-making in an organization.
• Technology and programming - Apply analytical tools and technology applications to develop analysis and solutions to address organization needs.
• Modeling - Construct business analysis and translate the findings to support decision-making.
• Management - Business and management principles to problem-solve organizational challenges.
• Business analysis - Review of enterprise-wide functions and processes.
• Leadership - Deepen your own practice, while developing and fostering a multi-dimensional view of leaders and leadership.