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.

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.

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

The target audience for the DevOps Leader course are
professionals including:
● DevOps cultural transformation leaders
● 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

An understanding and knowledge of common DevOps terminology and concepts and related work
experience are recommended.

● Sixteen (16) hours of instructor-led training and exercise facilitation
● Learner Manual (excellent post-class reference) including:
○ Course slideware
○ Value Added Resources
○ Glossary
● Participation in exercises and discussions designed to apply concepts
● Case stories
● Access to additional sources of information and communities

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.