Advanced Certificate in Procurement Essentials Module 2: Mastering Specification Writing with Design Thinking
- Innovation & Business Improvement
This module is conducted in-person.
To use your SkillsFuture Credit, please submit your claim through our payment portal. Do not submit the claim manually via the SkillsFuture page. Please refer to our step-by-step guide here.
3 Full Days (Weekdays)
Who Should Attend
Procurement officers and end users tasked to create specifications for publication and who wish to improve their specification writing skills.
PREREQUISITES
Participants should preferably be
- conversant in English, both spoken and written; and
- proficient in MS Office
Overview
From establishing the need to buy to translating a particular need into detailed requirements, the thinking process is key. With the perfect marriage of design thinking with specification writing, efficiency and effectiveness could be enhanced for maximum benefit for your organisation. In this module, participants will explore the use of design thinking in a specification writing context. They will learn from the many cases shared how to achieve precision and clarity in communicating the needs of procurement.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the process and types of specification writing
- Know the science and the art of specification writing to help achieve the expected and desired outcomes
- Apply design thinking to optimise the effectiveness of specification writing
- Ensure proper checks to help identify inconsistencies and ambiguities of written specifications
Assessment
As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of the course. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.
Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment in order to receive a digital Certificate of Completion issued by Singapore Management University.
Calculate Programme Fee
Fee Table
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PARTICIPANT PROFILE |
SELF-SPONSORED |
SME |
NON-SME |
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Singapore Citizen < 40 years old Permanent Resident LTVP+
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$981 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
$381 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$981 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
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Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old |
$381 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$381 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$381 (After SSG Funding 70% |
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International Participant |
$3,270 (No Funding) |
$3,270 (No Funding) |
$3,270 (No Funding) |
All prices include 9% GST
Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.
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Self Sponsored
SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.
This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.
Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).Workfare Skills Support Scheme
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Employer Sponsored
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
- Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here.
Please click here for more information on ETSS.
Absentee Payroll
Employers who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:
AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)
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