This course introduces technology leadership and is aimed at helping aspiring technology leaders to understand what responsibilities are involved in C-Suite technology roles, what skills are required, and how to obtain a technology leadership role. You will learn about the reality what technology leadership really entails and tackle some real-life scenarios.
Your instructor: Stuart Arthur
The course is aimed at people who already work in a technology oriented role yet hold aspirations to lead technology functions, working knowledge of the following would therefore be beneficial:
- Development lifecycle
- Enterprise architecture
- Agile delivery management
- User centred design
- DevOps
We recommend the following material:
- Accelerate
- The Lean startup
- The Phoenix Project
- Good to Great
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Course Duration:
The course is 3 hours long.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what a technology leader does day to day and what skills are needed
- Understand what skills a technology leader needs
- Understand the pathways to becoming a technology leader
- Understand typical scenarios a technology leader needs to handle
