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My Experience of the Citizen Developer Foundation Course

My Objective

As a consultant, upskilling and advancing my knowledge on new technological advances is key. I have completed a lot of research on Low-Code/No-Code, i.e., Citizen Development, in recent months. My primary objective of completing this course was to further enhance my knowledge in this area.

Module 1- Introduction to Citizen Development

At the start of this module, the learning objectives are clearly stated. You will learn:

1. What citizen development is
2. Why citizen development is important
3. The benefits of citizen development
4. Who citizen developer are
5. The role of citizen development in today’s business world.

By completing the module, I am happy to say that I achieved each of the learning objectives. The information included in this lesson was concise and interesting. The use of statistics was also very helpful. Instead of going into detail about how I found the module content or the elements in the module, I have created a table that summarizes my favourite aspects of the module and some ways in which I think the lesson could be improved.

Module 2- Overview of the Citizen Development Canvas

The learning objectives were also very clear at the beginning of this module. You will understand:

1. The purpose of the Citizen Development Canvas
2. How the key areas and each individual element contained therein, work together to support the rapidly advancing and revolutionary practice of citizen development

At the end of this module, I feel as though I met the learning objectives. I found the Citizen Development Canvas a little overwhelming, albeit, extremely useful. The canvas is depicted in an aesthetic graphic. It is clear that a lot of time and energy went into the creation of the Citizen Development Canvas - it is thorough. The table below summarizes my favourite aspects of the module and some ways in which I think the lesson could be improved.

Module 3- Ideation 2.0

Again, the learning objectives were made clear at the outset of this module. You will learn:

1. What Ideation 2.0 is
2. Why it is valuable
3. The outputs of Ideation 2.0
4. Approaches to Ideation 2.0

I found the learning objectives easy to achieve during this lesson. The content contained in this module is in a logical flow which really enabled me to gather and understand the content quiet easily. This was an excellent module. The information was straight forward and to the point (there was no padding).

Conclusion

Overall, I really enjoyed the Citizen Developer Foundation Course. I would rate the course very highly. My personal objective of taking the Citizen Developer Foundation Course was to enhance my knowledge in citizen development. I can proudly say, I have done just that. I am excited for the next course to be released.  If you are interested in taking this course, be sure to go to: https://www.pmi.org/citizen-developer and enrol. Let’s hope the next PMI Citizen Developer course is as enjoyable.