Graduate Certificate in Digital Transformation

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

1. Develop digital transformation strategies that incorporate emerging technology to identify new avenues of business value
2. Evaluate organisational readiness for digital transformation and identify capability, culture or operational gaps and opportunities
3. Formulate business initiatives using insights drawn from multiple internal and external sources
4. Enable effective digital transformation through clear articulation of benefits, plans, requirements and metrics
5. Foster organisational and team cultures that embrace digital change

Accelerate your career with the practical and technical skills to lead and execute a successful digital transformation. Throughout this course you will focus on leveraging technology to reimagine organisational strategy, people, and processes to deliver improved customer and business outcomes.

Recommended study pattern

We recommend that you complete the courses in this program in the following order:

• Digital Transformation Strategy and Governance
• Digital Transformation Enablers
• Digital Transformation Execution
• Future Skills elective bundle (a combination of two Future Skills short courses)

Award requirements

Completion of 4 courses as outlined in the recommended study pattern.

Choose your subjects

Majors

Digital Transformation Strategy and Governance

This course lays down the strategy and governance groundwork required for a digital transformation. Identify opportunities for digital transformation and develop innovative and compelling strategies. Explore digital business and operating models including governance structures. Uncover how emerging technologies will create business value. Apply key frameworks around organisational strategy, transformation management, and organisational theory

Digital Transformation Enablers

This course interrogates the fundamental enablers required to successfully undertake digital transformation. Develop the mindset, organisational culture and team to embrace and drive change. Make data-driven decisions from generated insights and identify valuable data sources. Explore how technology can facilitate personalised experience, processes, and products. Understand frameworks around change theory, organisational culture, business analytics, technology strategy, and data visualisation

Digital Transformation Execution

The Digital Transformation Execution course addresses how to execute a transformation initiative. Understand how capability, communication and operational challenges often lead to transformation failure. Explore how to mitigate transformation challenges and sell your vision by developing key artefacts such as business cases, budgets, and initiative roadmaps. Comprehend the key theories and frameworks around effective communication, project evaluation, cost and benefit analysis, and project management

Electives

For this course, choose one of the following Future Skills elective bundles:

Bundle 1

Digital Leadership

Lead high-performing agile teams and develop the capability to drive results in an age of accelerating digital disruption.

Digital Delivery with Agile

Harness agile and lean methodologies and collaborate more effectively within your team.

Bundle 2

Digital Leadership

Lead high-performing agile teams and develop the capability to drive results in an age of accelerating digital disruption.

Customer Experience Strategy and Design

Understanding the customer and giving them what they need is more important than ever.

Bundle 3

Cyber Security Risk and Strategy

Cyber security is everyone’s responsibility. Prevent attacks, mitigate risk, and get up to speed with best practice cyber governance.

Developing Blockchain Strategy

Understand the fundamentals and impact of blockchain, and work with leading industry experts to build a real-world strategy for your business.

Bundle 4

Cyber Security Risk and Strategy

Cyber security is everyone’s responsibility. Prevent attacks, mitigate risk, and get up to speed with best practice cyber governance.

Developing AI Strategy

Discover the implications of Artificial Intelligence on your business and how to build an AI strategy to keep ahead of the curve.

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Indicative total fee $16,320

The amount shown here is indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.

Fees may vary depending on:

• the subjects you choose
• credit from previous work experience
• your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.

To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.

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An Australian Bachelor degree or equivalent, or higher-level qualification, in a related discipline (business or IT related) from a recognised tertiary institution.

Students who do not meet the above entry requirement for the Graduate Certificate may be considered for entry if they have five years relevant full-time work experience (business or IT related). Applicants will need to submit a CV.

International students are required to provide current evidence of English language proficiency for admission to RMIT University. You can provide your results from one of these three options:

1. an accepted English language proficiency test, or

2. an accepted English language provider, or

3. a recognised Australian or international qualification.

For detailed information on English language requirements and other proficiency tests recognised by RMIT, visit English language requirements and equivalency information.

Australian Student Visas

RMIT Online’s Graduate Certificate in Digital Transformation does not meet Australian student visa requirements. For an Australian student visa, you must have an on-campus place in a program of study. For more details on RMIT’s on-campus programs visit rmit.edu.au.

Students may be eligible for credit. Exemptions from this program will be assessed consistent with the principles of the RMIT Credit Policy.