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Certificate in Business Process Management

Program Type

Certificate

Program Format

Online

Instruction Format

Instructor Led

Courses

3 courses

CEUs

24

Next Start

01/01/2025

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Master a strategy to prioritize core business processes that will have the greatest impact on an organization’s key business objectives. By earning a 100% online Certificate in Business Process Management from Villanova University, you’ll learn a methodology that identifies, evaluates and improves business processes to help your organization reduce costs, enhance efficiency and productivity, minimize errors and risk and become more agile.

This program defines business process management (BPM), explains how and why it is used, examines its best practices and how to avoid its pitfalls. You’ll also be taught the methodology’s six phases and the metrics, tools and roles used when carrying out effective BPM. The six phases of BPM are:

  • Assess:Begin by understanding where the process is currently. This should include any errors and consequences to show business impact.
  • Design:Data from the assessment phase is used to design solutions which reduce problems and offers accuracy and efficiency.
  • Model:Designs are tested with predictive data. The goal of the modeling phase is to manipulate variables to understand the outcomes.
  • Implement:Develop a detailed change management plan that outlines what specifically is changing.
  • Monitor:Continuously assess the process using data modeling and simulation to consider possible outcomes.
  • Modify:In the modify phase, the process should be continually adjusted based on data to improve outcomes.

The Certificate in Business Process Management program tightly aligns with Villanova’s existing Lean Six Sigma, project management, Agile and business analysis concepts, making it a vital component of Villanova’s suite of process improvement programs.

The global business process management market is expected to grow to $26.18 billion in 2028 - up from $11.84 billion in 2021, at a CAGR of 12.0%. According to ZipRecruiter $101,766 a year is the average annual pay for a business process manager in the United States. Employment in the field of operations research, which includes business process management, is expected to grow by 27% in the coming decade, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Skills Learned

  • Process Improvement
  • Business Strategy
  • Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Agile
  • Change Management
  • Innovation
  • Sustainability

Curriculum & Tuition

Required Courses

Tuition

Average Cost Per Course: $2,295

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: $2,295

Additional tuition reductions and flexible payment options may be available!