Course Description

This training program focuses on how digital products and public digital services are designed, managed, and governed within smart government environments. It covers key concepts of digital product management, including product vision, user-centric service design, agile delivery, governance, and performance management, while addressing the policy, regulatory, procurement, and stakeholder complexities unique to the public sector. The program provides participants with a structured understanding of how governments transition from traditional project-based delivery to product-led digital services that enhance citizen experience, efficiency, and public value.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand digital product management concepts in a smart government context.
  • Apply user-centric and agile approaches to public-sector digital services.
  • Manage digital product lifecycles within governance and regulatory constraints.
  • Align digital products with public value and smart government objectives.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for government officials, digital transformation leaders, product owners, IT and project managers, GovTech teams, policy professionals, and consultants supporting public-sector digital initiatives.

Course Agenda

Registration

Welcome & Introduction

Pre-Test

Day 1: Smart Government & Digital Product Foundations

  • Smart government and GovTech concepts
  • Digital products vs traditional government IT projects
  • Public value, citizen experience, and service outcomes
  • Digital product lifecycle in government
  • Roles and responsibilities of public-sector product teams
  • Stakeholder management in government environments

Day 2: Product Strategy, Design & Delivery

  • Defining product vision and strategic alignment
  • Translating policy and regulatory goals into product requirements
  • User-centric service design and citizen journey mapping
  • Agile and hybrid delivery models in government
  • Managing vendors, partners, and system integrators
  • Governance considerations in agile public-sector delivery
Day 3: Governance, Performance & Future Readiness

  • Product governance and decision-making structures
  • Data-driven product management and performance KPIs
  • Cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance considerations
  • Scaling digital products across agencies
  • Innovation, AI, and emerging technologies in smart government
  • Program summary and key takeaways

Post Test

End of the Course

Assessment Methodology

All courses conducted by EdTech will begin with a Pre-evaluation and end with a Post-evaluation. The instructor will evaluate the knowledge and skills of the participants according to the feedback given by participants. This will help to recognize the benefits and the level of knowledge gained by participants through the course.

Training Methodology

Facilitated by a highly qualified specialist, who has extensive knowledge and experience; this program will be conducted using extensively interactive methods, encouraging participants to share their own experiences and apply the program material to real-life work situations in order to stimulate group discussions and improve the efficiency of the subject coverage.

Percentages of the total course hour classification are:

  • ​40% Theoretical lectures, Concepts and approach
  • 20% Motivation to develop individual skill and Techniques
  • 20% Case Studies and Practical Exercises
  • 20% Topic General Discussions and interaction

Course Manual

Participants will be provided with comprehensive presentation material as reference manual. This presentation material is a compilation of core valuable information, references, presentation methods and inspiring reading which will be used as a part of the material guide.

Course Certificate

At the completion of the course, all participants who successfully accomplished the required contact hours will receive an EdTech Training Participation Certificate as a testimony to their commitment to professional development and further education.

Why Edtech ?

  • Industry Experienced; Internationally Qualified Trainers
  • Hands-on Practical Sessions & Assignments
  • Intensive Study materials
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Realistic training methodology
  • High-Quality Training in Affordable Course Fees
  • Achievement Certificate, as approved by the Ministry of Education (Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education Training - ACTVET), HABC, AWS, IAOSHE, SHRM, etc.