Course Description
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.
Agenda
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
IT Governance Best Practice
Data Governance Challenges
Data Quality and Completeness
Data Quality Dimensions
Causes of Data Issues
Data Governance Groups
DAY 3: Innovation, Staff Growth, and Negotiation
Fostering IT Innovation
IT Leadership’s Role in AI
Enablers and drivers of IT Innovation
Design Thinking
Divergent and Convergent Problem Solving
Repurposing your Intellectual Property
Innovation opportunities within IT
Coaching, Mentoring, and Team Development
Managerial and Technical Skill Enhancement
Formal and Informal Training
Mentoring Your Team
5D Coaching Process
Virtual Motivation, Engagement and Wellbeing
IT Project and Vendor Negotiating
Negotiation styles
Negotiation preparations
Negotiating Strategies
Dealing with difficult tactics