DevOps Leader (DOL)®
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DevOps adoption continues to grow, with 80% of organizations implementing DevOps practices to accelerate delivery and improve performance. Yet many transformations stall due to cultural resistance, not technical barriers. The DevOps Leader (DOL)® training course is designed to close that gap by preparing professionals to take a transformational leadership approach and make an impact within their organization by implementing DevOps.
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$1,495.00
Sep 16 - Sep 17, 2026
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- Jan 12 - Jan 13, 2027
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This unique and practical experience equips participants with the new skills and tools to engage people across the DevOps spectrum. You’ll learn how to foster the human dynamics of cultural change, align and collaborate to break down silos, and evolve the organization through real-world leadership strategies.
This DevOps training helps professionals develop leadership skills, align organizational goals, and guide DevOps transformations that stick. It focuses on transformational leadership, value stream mapping, and the key DevOps principles needed to lead sustainable change.
- Understand the business case for DevOps and agile leadership
- Take a transformational leadership approach to organizational change
- Learn to build and interpret a current and future state value stream map
- Collaborate to break down silos and evolve workflows
- Prepare for the DevOps Leader (DOL)® certification exam through PeopleCert
Who should attend DevOps Leader (DOL)® Course
The target audience for the DevOps Leader course are professionals including:
- Anyone starting or leading a DevOps cultural transformation program
- 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
Prerequisites for DevOps Leader (DOL)® Course
DevOps Leader (DOL)® Course Outline
- Course goals, structure, and DevOps overview
- Key DevOps concepts and benefits
- Leadership strategies for cultural change
- Cognitive bias, mental models, and neuroscience
- Psychological safety and decision-making
- GRC in a DevOps environment
- How DevOps differs from traditional IT
- DevOps Kaizen and incremental change
- Embedding safety in workflows
- Measuring what matters vs. vanity metrics
- Building a current-state value stream map
- Designing a future-state map
- Using Improvement Kata and experiments
- Identifying areas for improvement
- Applying Conway’s Law to team structure
- TOM design principles and communication models
- Change management in large enterprises
- Broadcasting vision across teams
- Empowering individuals through shared purpose
- Building a DevOps business case
- Fostering a high-trust culture and sustainable motivation
- Kolb’s Learning Styles and sustainability
- Overview of exam format, weighting, and requirements
- Sample exam questions and terminology review
- Certification guidance from DevOps Institute
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FAQs on DevOps Leader (DOL)®
This course is designed for professionals leading or involved in DevOps transformations, including IT Directors, IT Managers, Business Managers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, DevOps Consultants/Engineers, Change Agents, Lean Coaches, and other stakeholders interested in modern IT leadership and organizational change.
Participants should have completed DevOps Foundation training prior to enrolling in the DevOps Leader course.
The course helps professionals build transformational leadership skills, understand the business case for DevOps, create and interpret value stream maps, break down organizational silos, and prepare for the DevOps Leader (DOL)® certification exam through PeopleCert.
Topics include transformational leadership, unlearning cognitive biases, becoming a DevOps organization, measuring what matters through value stream mapping, target operating models, Conway’s Law, and articulating and socializing vision for change management.
Yes, the course prepares participants to take the DevOps Leader (DOL)® certification exam administered through PeopleCert.