The ITMLE Certification Bootcamp is ideal for seasoned IT Managers and IT Directors (Managers of Managers) wanting to enhance their current job performance, position them for promotion, accelerate their upward mobility and get a seat at the business strategy/decision making table.
IT executives must be more than just technical. They must:
- Have well-developed business skills
- Think like a CIO
- Understand the business of IT
- Possess both tactical and strategic capabilities
- Have the ability to foster innovation, resiliency and productivity
This three-day, fast-moving and highly interactive workshop contains topics specifically designed to prepare mid-level IT executives in large IT shops for higher levels of management responsibility and provide CIOs of smaller IT shops (30 people or less) with additional tools to help maximize their business impact.
Developed by an experienced CIO, and then vetted by a board of senior IT industry executives, the ITMLP shows that those, who successfully complete Final Exam, bring credible and validated industry knowledge to the organizations they serve.
These topics include:
DAY 1: Knowledge, Roles, Methodology, and Change
Thinking Like a CIO:
- Knowledge Gathered
- Insights Gained
- Changes in Perspective
- Actionable Items
IT's (and Your) Four Roles in the Organization:
- Observer
- Requestor
- Implementor
- Leader
Living in a Waterfall, Agile, Wagile World:
- Methodological Differences
- Political and Leadership Issues
- Effect of Leading Edge Technologies
- Dealing with Distance, Time and Culture
- Communication Flash Points
- Project Coordination Issues
- Job and Skill Implications
- Mixed Methodology Action Plan
IT as an Agent of Change:
- IT Drivers of Change
- Traditional Change Methodologies
- ERICA IT Change Framework
DAY 2: Process, Productivity, and Governance
IT Strategic Planning and Thinking:
- Strategic Thinking within IT
- Organizational Thinking
- Strategic Thinking Process
- Strategic Planning Process
IT and Organizational Productivity:
- Key Productivity Concepts
- Productivity Enablers
- Creating an IT Productivity Culture
- Productivity Amplifiers
- The Productivity Pyramid
IT and Data Governance:- Governance
- Risk management
- Compliance
- Key Governance Questions
- IT Governance Best Practice
- Data Governance Challenges
- Data Quality and Completeness
- Data Quality Dimensions
- Causes of Data Issues
- Data Governance Group
DAY 3: Innovation, Staff Growth, and Negotiation
Fostering IT Innovation:
- Enablers and drivers of IT Innovation
- Design Thinking
- Divergent and Convergent Problem Solving
- Repurposing your Intellectual Property
- Innovation opportunities within IT
IT Bench Strength and Resiliency:
- Building Your Bench
- Formal and Informal Training
- Mentoring Your Team
IT Project and Vendor Negotiating:
- Negotiation styles
- Negotiation preparations
- Negotiating Strategies
- Dealing with difficult tactics
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
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