Graduate Certificate in Digital Transformation

Digital transformation is a capability increasingly required by all companies to respond to market disruption and embrace Industry 4.0.

Digital transformation focuses on leveraging technology to deliver improved customer and business outcomes.

However, while 90% of companies wish to digitally transform, only around 10% are actually successfully transforming.

The most urgent workforce need is for a highly capable middle management who can help manage, execute and lead digital transformation in Australian companies.This program will equip you with the multi-disciplinary skills, knowledge and mindsets required to successfully drive digital transformation in your current role or more senior positions in areas such as digital transformation, strategy, change management, risk, operations or business and technology management.

This program delves into the most critical success factors of any digital transformation – integrating strategy, governance, data, analytics, people, culture and an organisational execution discipline.

In recognition of the broad nature of digital transformation and diverse experiences and interests of people working in this space, you will have the flexibility to choose an elective most relevant to you from RMIT Online’s cutting edge Future Skills short courses.Over the duration of this program you will participate in a variety of learning experiences which are designed to support you in developing the knowledge and skills of a digital transformation leader.

Learning and teaching approaches for this program may include webinars, problem-based learning and case studies.

Activities and tasks are designed to facilitate theory application and peer learning in a collaborative, open manner using online tools such as Slack and interactive discussion forums.

All assessable activities will be project based to enable you to graduate with a portfolio of projects as evidence of your learning.This program is available for online study only.

Year One of Program

Complete the following Three (3) Core Courses:

Select and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Academic Requirements:

Prospective students would need to have:

• An Australian bachelor degree or equivalent, or higher-level qualification, in a relevant discipline (business or IT related) from a recognised tertiary institution; or

• At least five years relevant work experience (business or IT related).

In this program you will learn the knowledge and skills required to plan for, manage and execute ongoing digital transformation efforts. You will be equipped to identify opportunities for digital transformation and develop innovative and compelling strategies, aligned across business functions and customer experiences. You will interrogate the fundamental transformation enablers of culture and data and develop solutions to embed these in your organisation. You will design execution plans to overcome key capability, communication and operations challenges and apply these through a variety of activity-based learning experiences.

On the successful completion of this program you will be equipped to:

• Develop digital transformation strategies that incorporate the impacts of emerging technology to identify new avenues of business value
• Evaluate organisational readiness for digital transformation and identify capability, culture or operational gaps and opportunities
• Formulate business initiatives using insights drawn from multiple internal and external sources of information
• Enable effective digital transformation through clear written and oral articulation of benefits, plans, requirements and metrics
• Foster organisational cultures and team cultures that enable digital change to be embraced