DevOps Leader® (DOL)
Level: Intermediate
A DevOps Leader is a tactical or strategic individual who helps design, influence, implement or motivate the cultural transformation proven to be a critical success factor in DevOps adoption. This individual understands the human dynamics of cultural change and is equipped with practices, methods and tools to engage people across the DevOps spectrum, including understanding performance and culture, focusing on what matters, bringing forth ideas for organizing workflows, defining meaningful metrics, value stream mapping, and putting it all together. This unique course provides the insights, techniques and innovative approaches needed by modern IT leaders involved in a DevOps cultural transformation within their organization.
Key Features of this DevOps Leader Course:
- Participate in unique activities designed to apply training
- Take sample documents, templates, tools and techniques with you post-training
- Access to DevOps Institute additional sources of information and communities
- Exam is included to test for certification
You Will Learn How To:
- Measure differences and understand differences between DevOps IT and Traditional IT
- Identify ideas for organizing workflows
- Understand the Spotify Squad model
- Optimize organizational change
Choose the Training Solution That Best Fits Your Individual Needs or Organizational Goals
LIVE, INSTRUCTOR-LED
In Class & Live, Online Training
- 2-day instructor-led training course
- One-on-one after-course instructor coaching
- After-course computing sandbox
- Tuition can be paid later by invoice -OR- at the time of checkout by credit card
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- Bring this or any training to your organization
- Full - scale program development
- Delivered when, where, and how you want it
- Blended learning models
- Tailored content
- Expert team coaching
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Required Pre-Requisites
The DevOps Foundation Certificate is a pre-requisite for this practitioner-level course
Recommended Experience
Familiarity with IT software development and operations responsibilities
Industry Credits
16 PMI PDUs (Although DOI has not currently been issued an official code to submit for PMI PDU credit, you can submit for credit successfully by way of the “Other” category at the PMI website. Essentially, 1 PDU credit per hour of instructor-led training. So, in the case of DevOps Foundation, 16 credits would be applicable.)
Exam/Certification Information
- 40 multiple choice questions, closed book
- 90 mins, additional 15 minutes granted to non-native English speakers
- 65% pass
- To maintain the value and integrity of the certification, all candidates are required to attend approved DOI classes through one of the DOI REPs (Registered Education Providers) to be eligible to sit the exam.
DevOps Leader Outline
DevOps and Time
- What Is DevOps?
- Why Do DevOps?
- Companies Doing DevOps
- The Magic Equation
Key Differences Between DevOps IT and Traditional IT
- What Sets DevOps IT apart from Traditional IT
- How DevOps IT is Organized Differently
- How to Perform to a Different Standard
- How to Use Different Measurements
Becoming a DevOps Organization
- Transformational Leadership
- Redesigning An Organization for DevOps
- Design Principles (Focus, Work, Information, Metrics)
Value Stream Mapping
- 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
Squad Organizational Model
- Conway's Law
- The Problem with Silos
- Spotify’s Squad Organization Model (Structure, Roles)
- Squads
- Tribes
- Chapters
- Guilds
- How to Reorganize in Order to Move to this Model
Managing Cultural Change
- What is Culture and How Does it Impact Performance?
- Types of IT Culture
- Cultural Traits of a DevOps Organization
- How to Manage Change
Culture and its Impact on Performance
- 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
Popular DevOps Tools and Practices
- DevOps Tools Periodic Table
- Top DevOps Tool Categories
- Common and Popular Practices
Building a Business Case
- Bringing it all Together
- Additional Sources of Information
Exam Review
Team Training
DevOps Leader FAQs
Who would benefit from this training?
- Anyone starting or leading a DevOps cultural transformation program
- Anyone interested in modern IT leadership and organizational change approaches
- IT team leaders, managers, directors and business stakeholders
- Practitioners and change agents
- DevOps tool providers, systems integrators, and consultants
