8 Product Development Certificate Programs

The Certificate in Product Development and Design is for students and professionals who seek to solve complex problems from a holistic, design-oriented perspective. Whether you are an entrepreneur, administrator, civil servant, marketer, project manager, engineer, healthcare worker, educator, or advocate – this program will help you to discover solutions through the use of creativity, collaboration, and iterative design.

Capitalizing on innovation is essential to business growth, and knowing how to do so is essential to personal career growth. Addressing the developing needs of innovative organizations, this forward-thinking program focuses on design thinking and the nurturing of creative cultures within organizations for entrepreneurs. Students will learn to think about designing new products or creative updates to existing products, the logistics of implementing those ideas, and how to do it all in the corporate environment or entrepreneurial space. Designed with the promising creative professional in mind, this course series provides an intensive examination of the scope of demands of real-world innovation and product development, whether a tangible object, system or service.

Gain the skills to manage the design and development of products for strategic competitive advantage. This intensive three-day certificate program provides the skills related to managing creativity and design, customer-focused innovation, gap analysis in the design process, strategy in design, industrial design essentials, human factors, research, marketing and intellectual property. Participants will also gain skills in managing the product development phase-gate process, teams, and product performance metrics.

Every company that sees technology as a competitive differentiator needs a product strategy. And every person who touches a product inside of an organization directly contributes to its success or failure. A comprehensive product strategy incorporates involvement from all stakeholders in the ecosystem. For those involved in developing or delivering product strategy—from cradle-to-grave—you’ll develop a mindset that anchors product strategy as the pathway to growth. Whether you are seeking growth by launching new products and services, or need to manage the lifecycle of existing ones, the Product Strategy program offers approaches that are used by many of the top technology-driven companies in the world today.

The Professional Certificate in Product Management from Kellogg Executive Education harnesses the best practices, frameworks, and hard and soft skills to enhance your success as a product manager. Whether you are launching your product management career or looking to hone your skills at a multinational corporation or a micro start-up, this program will provide you with the hands-on skills needed to succeed in this high-growth field.

Building an effective product portfolio is a critical skill. Contemporary product managers must be able to articulate a clear vision of the market for their organization’s products. They also have to develop those products in an agile environment and validate results using proven testing methods and performance metrics. This program provides a comprehensive understanding of cutting-edge product management techniques, along with strategies for implementing them, that will give innovative organizations a competitive edge.

This certificate provides students with a foundation in the development of phone and tablet mobile applications. The curriculum emphasizes mobile application design and development basics using Operating Systems such as Apple and Android OS.

This certificate program is designed to give students a solid understanding of core economic principles and how they relate to business practices. It covers topics like microeconomics, macroeconomics,...