Gov-Ready Foundations
About This Course
This course is designed for professionals who are entering or newly engaged in Singapore Government projects, whether as a junior consultant stepping into their first public sector account, an engineer embedded in a Government project team, or a new vendor pursuing GeBIZ registration.
Learners will leave with:
• A clear map of the Singapore Government digital ecosystem and its key stakeholders
• IT Strategy and Risk Compliance and Governance knowledge covering IM8 and the frameworks that govern every Government ICT project
• Vendor Management, Risk Management and Administration, Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Governance, and Policy Implementation and Revision skills to handle cybersecurity, data governance, SaaS and GenAI policy requirements without creating avoidable risks for agency clients
• A Gov-Ready Foundations Badge that signals their readiness to Government stakeholders and their own organisation
What You'll Learn
LO2: Plan, develop and communicate a Government ICT project proposal that aligns solution and investment choices with agency objectives, Government ICT governance frameworks and reusable Government capabilities, while incorporating GRC requirements upfront.
LO3: Identify, assess and prioritise cybersecurity and ICT project risks using Government risk classification and Risk Materiality principles, and recommend proportionate controls and risk-treatment actions.
LO4: Classify Government systems and data and apply appropriate data governance, privacy and information-handling requirements to a project scenario.
LO5: Evaluate SaaS solutions against applicable Government policy, security, data, whitelisting, service continuity and exit requirements and recommend suitable governance measures.
LO6: Evaluate GenAI use cases using AI ethics and governance principles and develop proportionate governance safeguards balancing compliance, risk, public-service value and commercial/delivery considerations.
LO7: Evaluate applicable ICT/digital policies for currency, relevance and implementation gaps, and recommend priority policy implementation or revision actions.
LO8: Analyse and apply applicable sector-specific regulatory and Digital Services Standard requirements to the design or procurement of a Government digital service.
LO9: Manage vendor relationships across tendering, contracting, service management and exit by monitoring contract terms, performance, assurance, safety, security, compliance and business continuity requirements.
LO10: Assess and recommend whether Government platforms/products should be adopted, integrated or replaced by a custom solution based on agency objectives, maturity, risk, delivery speed and value.
Entry Requirements
GCE O-Level or equivalent. Learners should be able to read, write, speak and understand English at a workplace level, including technical, governance and policy-related content. Learners should possess basic workplace numeracy skills sufficient to interpret simple tables, percentages, risk classifications and project-related information. Basic understanding of IT infrastructure and/or software projects. No prior experience working on Singapore Government projects is required, as this is a foundation-level course intended for professionals entering or newly assigned to the public-sector environment.
However, learners should have some exposure to IT, digital projects, consulting, engineering, project delivery, business development, pre-sales or vendor-related work. This exposure may be obtained through employment, internship or project participation.