DevOps Leader (DOL)® Training Course

The DevOps Leader course offers a unique and practical experience for participants who aim to adopt a transformational leadership approach and make a significant impact within their organization by implementing DevOps. Leading people through a DevOps evolution necessitates new skills, tools, innovative thinking, and transformational leadership. Leaders at all levels of an organization must align and collaborate to break down silos and drive organizational change. The course emphasizes the human dynamics of cultural change and equips participants with practices, methods, and tools to engage stakeholders across the DevOps spectrum through real-life scenarios and case studies. Upon completion of the course, participants will have tangible takeaways to leverage when they return to their roles, such as an understanding of 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 the DevOps Leader course 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 **LEARNER MATERIALS** The course provides: - 2 days of instructor-led training and exercise facilitation - A Learner Manual (an excellent post-class reference) - Participation in unique exercises designed to apply concepts - Sample documents, templates, tools, and techniques - Access to additional value-added resources and communities **CERTIFICATION EXAM** Successfully passing the 60-minute examination, which consists of 40 multiple-choice questions with a minimum score of 65%, leads to the candidate’s designation as a certified DevOps Leader (DOL). The certification is governed and maintained by the DevOps Institute. This course is designed to enhance leadership capabilities for government and private sector organizations alike, ensuring alignment with public sector workflows, governance, and accountability.This course is available as onsite live training in US Government or online live training.