DevOps Academy
DevOps Leader®
The DevOps Leader course is a unique and practical experience for participants who want to take a transformational leadership approach and make an impact within their organization by implementing DevOps. Leading people through a DevOps evolution requires new skills, tools, innovative thinking, and transformational leadership. Leaders up, down and across an organization must align and collaborate to break down silos and evolve the organization.
Trainer: Hugo Lourenço
The course highlights the human dynamics of cultural change and equips participants with practices, methods, and tools to engage people across the DevOps spectrum through the use of real-life scenarios and case studies. Upon completion of the course, participants will have tangible takeaways to leverage when back in the office such as understanding Value Stream Mapping.
The course was developed by leveraging key DevOps leadership sources to extract real-life best practices in leading DevOps initiatives and has been designed to teach the key differences and emerging practices for DevOps ways of working through leadership in a fast-paced DevOps and Agile environment.
This certification positions learners to successfully complete the DevOps Leader exam.
WHO IS THIS FOR:
The target audience for the DevOps Leader course includes:
- Anyone starting or leading a DevOps cultural transformation program;
- Anyone interested in modern IT leadership and organizational change approaches;
- Business Managers;
- Business Stakeholders;
- Change Agents;
- Consultants;
- DevOps Consultants;
- DevOps Engineers;
- IT Directors;
- IT Managers;
- IT Team Leaders;
- Lean Coaches;
- Practitioners;
- Product Owners;
- Scrum Masters;
- System Integrators;
- Tool Providers.
CERTIFYING BODIES:
Successfully passing (65%) the 60-minute examination, consisting of 40 multiple-choice questions, leads to the candidate’s designation as a certified DevOps Leader (DOL). The certification is governed and maintained by the DevOps Institute.
With this course you will have an Agile Thinkers Academy certificate of attendance and you'll become a member of our online Community.
OTHER INFO:
LEARN REMOTELY Join a class from anywhere
FRAMEWORK-NEUTRAL Explore beyond the limitations of a single agile framework
MINIMUM OF 16 HOURS TO COMPLETE Timing varies by class
PREREQUISITES Participants should have baseline knowledge and understanding of common DevOps definitions and principles.
KEY OUTCOMES:
- DevOps and time to value;
- Mindset and mental models;
- Key differences between DevOps IT and traditional IT;
- Target operating models and organizational design;
- Performance management, rewards and motivation;
- Preparing investment cases;
- Focusing on value outcomes;
- Ideas for organizing workflows;
- Empowerment and participation;
- Defining meaningful metrics;
- Value stream mapping.
LEVEL UP:
After mastering the DOL® course, learn all about the DevSecOps Foundations®.
WITH YOUR ACADEMY YOU'LL BECOME A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY:
Share experiences, tips, and other insightful knowledge with a community of Agile practitioners.
- Insightful case studies
- Access to XA Week content
- Access to an Agile employment marketplace
- Self-study materials
- Open door to a network of Agile practitioners
- Invitation to exclusive master classes & webinars
Our programs leverage a range of highly dynamic teaching methodologies, including cohort assignments, class lectures, exercises and case studies, all aimed at improving your skills as an agent of change.
These teaching methods have been strategically combined to foster an optimal learning environment.
Ready to change the way you work?