Learning catalogue

This online self-paced course examines critical planning activities in Agile such as creating personas and wireframing, as well as iterative methodologies for prioritizing project requirements as part of a release plan. Participants will learn about common Agile estimation techniques such as story points, wideband delphi and affinity estimation.

This online self-paced course presents Agile's time-management processes for monitoring and tracking progress, as well as key risk management strategies and quality testing frameworks in Agile. Participants will learn about managing projects using Agile project scheduling activities like setting work-in-progress limits and implementing project buffers.

This online self-paced course offers insights into the characteristics of agile project teams and team leaders, and recommends strategies to help improve team performance and cohesion. Participants will learn about communication tools and developmental mastery models in Agile, as well as the benefits of using facilitation techniques like games to foster collaboration and cooperation.

During one of our last episodes, we talked about the importance of designing with users in mind. This is a foundational part of the GC Digital Standards. What could be better than putting users at the centre of our efforts to improve our jobs and service offerings?

If you read our last post, you know we are interested in artificial intelligence. This week we want to talk a little bit about how we’re actually using artificial intelligence within the Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) Digital Academy to solve a very real problem or — as marketing people say — embrace an opportunity.

This online self-paced course focuses on the importance of aligning your goals with the goals of your organization, and introduces the goal alignment worksheet as a means to achieve this more easily. Through this worksheet, participants will learn how to clarify goals and establish work priorities based on these goals to manage time effectively.

This online self-paced course demonstrates the importance of setting strategic, tactical and operational goals, and how to identify imperatives for action that keep the focus on strategic objectives. Participants will learn how to create effective team goals that align with the goals of their organization.

This course explores colonialism and other historical themes and events in a way that provides an opportunity to see Canada's history from a new perspective. Participants will learn how the relationships with First Peoples in Canada have developed over the past 500 years and how to begin the work of addressing the impact of this history on all Canadians.

This insightful event will explore specific case studies for enhancing analysis with linked data from multiple sources, and demonstrate how this can generate valuable new insights in health, labour, innovation, productivity, and more.

This online self-paced course examines two risk analysis processes in the project risk management knowledge area: Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis and Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis. Participants will learn to apply qualitative and quantitative risk analysis methods to calculate and understand the financial implications and other costs of project risks.

In this episode, we’re experimenting. I’ve drawn from a fun, in-depth interview with folks from the API Store team and Transport Canada and distilled what I think are the most interesting, relevant, applicable parts. I laid the parts out Q & A style and edited the quotes to improve flow and readability. The podcast is available via Soundcloud at the end of the episode.

This online self-paced course explores a new model for policy making that focuses on constant learning and adaptation, increased integration, and a more responsive and iterative design process.