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Certificate in Business Process Improvement Essentials

Program Type

Certificate

Program Format

Online

Instruction Format

Instructor Led

Courses

3 courses

CEUs

24

Next Start

12/01/2024

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Develop the essential skills for business process improvement with strategies and techniques valuable in various industries. Taught by industry experts with a range of real-world experience, you can gain practical insights to help you bring value to your organization quickly. This certificate is unique, allowing you maximum flexibility to choose your own path to complete the certificate.

Students are able to tailor this certificate to their interests and career goals from the following disciplines: Six Sigma, project management, business process management, business analysis and agile. Design your customized program by selecting 3 courses from a list of 5 available options. This flexible certificate offers you the chance to learn essential skills in several different areas, equipping you to identify a future certificate where you can derive deep knowledge.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics $93,000 is the median annual salary of management analysts as of 2021, which includes business analysts.

Program Outcomes

These courses offer a chance to obtain foundational knowledge in multiple areas of business process improvement. They cover the fundamental principles associated with improving business processes, contrast various methodologies used for this purpose, help you choose the right methodology for your organization, and teach you how to apply your knowledge, skills, techniques and tools to improve both information and business processes.

Skills Learned

  • Risk Management
  • Change Management
  • Lean
  • Six Sigma
  • Sustainability
  • Data Analysis
  • Business Analysis

Curriculum & Tuition

Electives

Tuition

Average Cost Per Course: $2,228

About Villanova University

Dedicated to academic excellence and lifelong success.

Since 1842, Villanova University’s Augustinian Catholic intellectual tradition has been the cornerstone of an academic community in which students learn to think critically, act compassionately and succeed while serving others. There are more than 10,000 undergraduate, graduate and law students in the University’s six colleges: the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Villanova School of Business, the College of Engineering, the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and the College of Professional Studies. As students grow intellectually, Villanova prepares them to become ethical leaders who create positive change everywhere life takes them.

The University is widely recognized as a leader in online professional education, with thousands of enrollments – including leaders from top organizations – and unparalleled academic and technical support. Located on a beautiful campus in Villanova, Pennsylvania (just outside of Philadelphia), Villanova is a traditional, fully accredited university offering bachelor, graduate and doctoral degrees. The University has an outstanding full-time faculty of more than 650, along with hundreds of fully credentialed and experienced part-time faculty. To date, more than 135,000 alumni have graduated from Villanova.

Average Cost Per Course: $2,228

Additional tuition reductions and flexible payment options may be available!

Career Pathways

Business Intelligence Analysts
Business Operations Specialists, All Other
Management Analysts
Operations Research Analysts
Project Management Specialists