York University - School of Continuing Studies

The Capstone Project is an integral part of the Certificate Course in Produce Management - it is the final 8 week long project which is designed to employ the learnings and skills gained from the first 3 courses in this Certificate Course. This is designed as a group activity, 4-6 members per group. Companies will benefit with the end deliverables which are aligned to: Build Product Vision, Scope and Requirements that will enable students to justify the ‘Why’ of building a product or a feature( Milestone 1, Week 1& Week 2) Use data for feasibility and Market Fit that will help build a case around the viability of market success on launch ( Milestone 2, Week 3 & Week 4) Build customer and user journeys that will help design a deliberate adoption journey by potential customers ( Milestone 3, Week 5 & Week 6) Build a Product Requirement Document which is an output defining product requirements/backlog to build the product ( Milestone 4, Week 7 & Week 8)