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Skip to search resultsA Self-Directed Guide to Understanding Data
This online self-paced course presents a series of activities designed to introduce data concepts and terminology and explore the characteristics of data-driven organizations. Participants will reflect on their personal and organizational data challenges and strategies and discuss changing expectations of Canadians for open government data.
Accounting and Control of Expenditures
This course presents the essential steps of the accounting and control of expenditures process, including account verification, requisitioning and reporting. Participants will learn how to better advise managers on financial matters and contribute to departmental accounting projects.
Achieving Digital Dexterity
This online self-paced course examines the attributes of digitally dexterous organizations and explains how to establish a digital-first mindset across an organization. Participants will learn about the benefits of digital dexterity and the process of digitizing organizational practices, as well as how to support and gauge their organization's progress towards digital dexterity.
Adapting to Changing Climate in Canada
This online self-paced course explains the topics of climate change adaptation and resilience through practical examples that are relevant to public servants. Participants will learn why adapting to climate change is essential for building resilient communities and a strong economy while striving for net-zero emissions in Canada.
Agile Principles and Methodologies
This online self-paced course introduces the most common Agile methodologies and frameworks, including Agile's 4 primary values, 12 principles and 5 phases of its project management model. Participants will explore key activities for managing a project using Agile, such as developing a project charter and a product vision, using appropriate types of contracts, and favouring simple over comprehensive forms of project documentation.
Agile Project Planning
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.
Agile Project Scheduling and Monitoring
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.
Agile Stakeholder Engagement and Team Development
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.
Aligning Goals and Priorities to Manage Time
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.
Aligning Unit Goals and Imperatives
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.
Analyzing Risk (PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition)
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.