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.
«Hele kurset var masse læring fra første sekund. Måten Sigma underviser og veileder på er inspirerende, og jeg opplevede meg selv som en bedre møteleder og veileder første dag på jobb etter å ha lært fagstoff og erfare Sigma som instruktør. Supert at kurset var over 3 dager, så vi fikk tid til diskusjoner og sette fagstoffet i en sammenheng som man kan relatere seg til. Da sitter det mye bedre, framfor at det bare blir 'oppramsing av pensum'. Sigma gjør fagstoffet levende og konkretiserer det på en måte som hjelper meg til å raskere og enklere ta det i bruk i min arbeidshverdag. »
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.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The learning objectives for DOL include a practical understanding of:
- 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
- Driving cultural and behavioral change
AUDIENCE
The target audience for the DevOps Leader course are professionals including:
- 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
PREREQUISITES
An understanding and knowledge of common DevOps terminology and concepts and related work experience are recommended.
How to take the exam:
Regular classroom courses:
Paperbased exam at the end of the last course day
Virtual courses:
You will get an exam voucher that gives you access to an online exam. This can be booked and taken home monitored by a proctor via camera.
The trainer will also guide you through the procedures on how to book and prepare for the exam during the course
For both alternatives:
If you fail on your first attempt you receive a free online retake voucher. This can only be conducted online.
About the Author:
Mustafa Kapadia is a Service Line Leader for IBM 's Digital Transformation DevOps practice, a business advisory practice focused on helping large enterprises transform their software and application delivery. His is an expert in DevOps, cloud, mobile, analytics, application development, outsourcing, and off shoring. Prior to joining IBM, Mustafa was a management consultant with Deloitte's Strategy & Operations practice. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an avid blogger (when time permits), a speaker, and an advisor to startup companies.
- Course Introduction
- Course Goals
- Course Agenda
- Module 1: DevOps and Transformational Leadership
- Current Definitions of DevOps
- Benefits of DevOps
- Transformational Leadership
- Module 2: Unlearning Behaviors
- Psychological Safety and Neuroscience
- Mindset, Mental Models and Cognitive Bias
- Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and DevOps
- Module 3: Becoming a DevOps Organization
- How DevOps Differs
- DevOps Kaizen
- Building Safety In
- Module 4: Measure to Learn
- Avoiding Measure to Target
- Creating a Current Value Stream Map
- Module 5: Measure to Improve
- The Improvement Kata and Experiments
- Creating a Future Value Stream Map
- Module 6: Target Operating Models and Organizational Design
- Conway's Law
- Desired Outcomes of DevOps
- DevOps TOM Design Principles
- Module 7: Articulating and Socializing Vision
- Organizational Change in Large Enterprises
- Empowering People
- Broadcasting Outside of Your Organization
- Module 8: Maintaining Energy and Momentum
- The DevOps Business Case
- Culture and Climate
- A High-Trust Culture
- Additional Sources of Information
- Exam Preparations
- Exam Requirements, Question Weighting, and Terminology List
- Sample Exam Review
Exam info:
- Format: Multiple Choice –questions
- Passing rate: 65%
- Duration: 60 minute
- Delivery: Web-based
- Examtype: Open Book
Passing the exam leads to the DevOps Leader Certificate. The certification is governed and maintained by the DevOps Institute.
