Master of Digital Product Management, MDPM
The Master of Digital Product Management (MDPM) is a one-year professional program that provides students with the business, design and technical skills to lead digital product management and ensure organizational investments in technology reach their potential. This cross-disciplinary degree is built for digital changemakers as it leverages expertise of the Smith School of Business in partnership with the Queen’s School of Computing to deliver a uniquely comprehensive educational experience. Developed in consultation with digital transformation leaders in academia, business, government, and the technology sector, the MDPM aims to develop cross-functional leaders who can effectively manage the life cycle of digitalization initiatives. The curriculum combines a Knowledge Stream that includes courses in digital strategy and innovation, gamification and usability, ethics and more, with an Application Stream including design and systems thinking, cybersecurity, product analytics, systems architecture, optimizing the user experience and more. An in-depth practicum will enable student teams to digitalize a business process for a real business using low-code, no code tools.