Launching an Innovation Center to Advance Credentialing Ecosystems

Client:

Institutional accreditor serving postsecondary institutions.

Overview:

EDU-PM collaborated with a major accreditor to support the launch of a new Innovation Center focused on strengthening short-term credential pathways, enhancing credit mobility, and fostering ecosystem-wide partnerships.

Challenge:

The accreditor needed experienced project management leadership to guide the early planning and design of its Innovation Center initiative, ensure productive collaboration across a newly formed Design Team, and begin development of tools and resources that would support institutional innovation

EDU-PM Delivered:

• A comprehensive project roadmap outlining early-phase goals, stakeholder engagement strategies, timelines, and resource allocation
• National landscape analysis of peer models and articulation of a unique value proposition for the Innovation Center
• Strategic facilitation and logistical coordination of virtual and in-person Design Team convenings
• Early-stage product development, including tools and frameworks to support institutional implementation of learner-centered credential offerings
• Strategic advisement and conceptual refinement to support initiative alignment and public launch readiness