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 organisation by implementing DevOps. Leading people through a cultural transformation requires new skills, innovative thinking, and transformational leadership. Leaders up, down and across the IT organisation must align and collaborate to break down silos and evolve the organisation.
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, such as the Spotify Squad Model, and has been designed to teach the key differences and emerging practices for cultural transformation through leadership in a fast-paced DevOps and Agile environment.
This certification positions learners to successfully complete the DevOps Leader exam.
The learning objectives for DOL include a practical understanding of:
Sixteen (16) hours of instructor-led training and exercise facilitation
Learner Manual (excellent post-class reference)
Participation in exercises designed to apply concepts
Comprehensive glossary
Access to additional sources of information and communities
The target audience for the DevOps Leader course are professionals including:
Course Goals
Course Agenda
What Is DevOps?
Why Do DevOps
Companies Doing DevOps
The Magic Equation
What Sets DevOps IT apart from Traditional IT
How DevOps IT is Organised Differently
How to Perform to a Different Standard
How to Use Different Measurements
Transformational Leadership
Redesigning An Organisation for DevOps
Design Principles
What is Value Stream Mapping?
Why Do We Need to Use this Framework?
Types of Maps
How to Create a Value Stream Map?
Types of Data to Collect
How to Handle Exceptions
Value Stream Mapping Exercise
Conway's Law
The Problem with Silos
Spotify’s Squad Organisation Model (Structure, Roles)
Squads
Tribes
Chapters
Guilds
How to Reorganise in Order to Move to this Model
What is Culture and How Does it Impact Performance?
Types of IT Culture
Cultural Traits of a DevOps Organisation
How to Manage Change
Types of IT Culture
What is a DevOps Culture
How To Manage Change
The Three Phases Of Change
Types of Changes That Need to be Implemented
DevOps Tools Periodic Table
Top DevOps Tool Categories
Common and Popular Practices
Building a Business Case
Exam Requirements, Question Weighting, and Terminology List
Sample Exam Review
$ TBC + gst per person
Fees include:
There are no mandatory pre-requites for this course however it is recommended that the DevOps Foundation Course is sat prior to ensure participants are aligned with the baseline DevOps definitions and principles.
Once you’ve completed your training, you can gain a globally recognised certification with the DevOps Leader Exam. An exam voucher is provided after the training course. The exam is online and web-based, so you can take it any place, any time. Note: The exam voucher has a 90 Day Validity period.
The exam details are as follows:
Successfully passing the examination leads to the candidate’s designation as a certified DevOps Leader (DOL). The certification is governed and maintained by the DevOps Institute.