Learning catalogue

This online self-paced course introduces the characteristics and purpose of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), which breaks down project tasks into manageable components. Participants will learn to create and use a WBS, as well as examine the activities involved in decomposing project requirements and deliverables.

This online self-paced course explains the nature and benefits of performance management plans and outlines the five phases of a performance management system. Participants will learn to recognize critical success factors, key performance indicators and the benefits of developing role profiles.

This online self-paced course explores the planning of a project budget and the project's resource requirements using the Plan Cost Management, Estimate Costs, and Determine Budget processes. Participants will learn how to estimate costs and establish a realistic cost baseline for their project.

This online self-paced course examines the characteristics of virtual reality (VR) and its many different business applications, as well as the equipment typically used for both mobile and high-powered VR experiences. Participants will explore the different levels of the immersive experience and the factors affecting the VR participant's sense of presence and engagement.

Crisis of Confidence: A Digital Solution

The Digital Public Square, a not-for-profit organization, uses approaches like gamification, digital storytelling and crowdsourcing, in Canada and internationally, to build empathy and trust and to engage communities. Tune in for a demonstration of the It's Contagious project by CEO and co-founder Farhaan Ladhani of the Digital Public Square. The presentation is followed by a rich Q&A session on the implications of such technologies for organizations across the federal public service.

Learn how this automated risk analysis tool can be used by finance audit professionals to uncover previously hidden risks, anomalies and fraud in government financial data.

Watch this walk through the life cycle of data projects highlighting key components of data integration, the importance of data standards, and the value of the enormous amount of data that exists within government. This demonstration of Namara by ThinkData's Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Bryan Smith is followed by a discussion featuring Vik Pant, former Chief Scientist at Natural Resources Canada.

With the Blue J HR platform, anyone can quickly and accurately predict how their employment matter would be decided by a court or tribunal. Simply input your specific scenario, run the analysis using the machine learning/AI platform, review the results and explanation of them, and make informed decisions. Tune in for a demonstration of Blue J HR, followed by a rich discussion exploring the implications of this type of AI/machine learning tool for organizations across the federal public service.

The team's platform of demonstration projects allows for experimentation with disruptive technologies to support analysts and regulators in navigating this time-consuming and labour-intensive field. Tune in for a demonstration of three unique prototypes, followed by a Q&A on the implications of this type of work across the public service and how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning could play a bigger role in our work moving forward.

The Accelerator provides an opportunity for established teams and their leaders to experiment with collaborative, open, human-centred and iterative ways of defining problems and prototyping solutions.

This course provides small groups of policy analysts with an intensive learning experience in gender-based analysis (GBA Plus) as a way to bring visibility to GBA Plus as a Government of Canada priority. Participants will focus on the application of GBA Plus at each stage of the policy cycle, with the goal of enhancing their skills and competencies in GBA Plus.