This course gives one a overall world view of what is involved in the Sales life cycle of a company from start to finish. As technology leaders it is quite important to understand the full details starting from Pre-Sales Sales Post Sales Continued Support etc. Unless one has stuck out to volunteer or perhaps get lucky to be part of such assignments a technology professional is largely eluded of such opportunities and hence it remains a grey area. At times you get weighed against someone who has sales experience and is handed over more interesting assignments or share of the organization pie during reviews. Hence it is quite important as one grows in their career to focus on what is involved in this aspect which is the bread winner for the company and keeps the enterprise going.
As you progress in your career the left and the right brains as equally important for you to function as a leader. As Einstein said “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.”. If you are able to access and tap into both your right and left brain then you are truly an asset to the organization.
It is found that in most Artificial Intelligence initiatives are good at getting data using complex data mining , algorithms and mathematical and statistical tools typically needing more of a left brain approach. If the same data is not presented using data visualization and storytelling which would need a strong right brain approach , such initiatives can fall flat owing to a lack of balance in the thinking.
This course would aim to look at how an architecture framework or a good reference architecture background can help turn the humongous task of defining security boundaries across multiple layers an achievable task instead of not knowing where the nebulous nature of the cloud would take us. The cloud is nebulous in nature as there are multi boundaries, many tenants, noisy neighbors and domains all intersecting at the same time. If there is a structure and the boundaries are known then we could gain easy traceability to define the amount of work needed to plug the cloud boundaries and secure them. Reference architecture and EA frameworks help you to gain substantial foothold to have control on the enemy out there. It is like expecting anything to go wrong but not knowing where to start. EA Frameworks and Security Frameworks when used together with ISO 27001 control objectives can help create a web of security which can serve as a good traceability mechanism.
How to relate to Enterprise Architecture Frameworks such as Togaf and Zachmann and make it work for your in your Organization ?
How can you avoid reinventing the wheel and make way for reusability for best practices and things that worked really well in the past. Reference Architectures are key to this.
Why do need an architecture in place in a product or solution ?
Why are different views to architecture important and why is important to create the one that you are interested in ?
How do you apply framework level separation of views to create a reference architecture ?
What is the role of architecture vis-a-vis agility? How much architecture is needed for the hour ?
How will people in the organization benefit from having a visual representation of architecture. It is there for all to see.
In view of the increasing demand to become digital every industry or organization is making drastic efforts to turn their business digital. From an individual, organization and business point of view the efforts need to be streamlined to ensure that we are geared for being truly digital. There are various connotations of what it means to be digital and there needs to be certain body of knowledge which can help oneself equip with this body of knowledge. All of this is encapsulated in the DPBoK ™.
Why do we use it?
The purpose of certification for DPBoK™ Foundation is to provide validation that the individual has gained knowledge of the foundational set of concepts for the Digital Practitioner.
The certification can help:
Those who require an introduction to and basic understanding of the DPBoK Standard Individuals who wish to create and manage product offerings with an increasing digital component, or lead their organization through Digital Transformation IT professionals working within any size organization, from a start-up through to a large enterprise, that has adopted digital approaches.The learning objectives at this level focus on knowledge and comprehension.Those who want help in mixing product management, lean, agile , enterprise architecture , service management and design thinking in their day to day activities to drive digital transformation initiatives.
Does this help in Self Study of the DpBok Level 1 certification from the Open Group?
Yes it is totally geared to help one clear the Open Group DpBok Level 1 certification as well.
We shall look at how agile can be used for tasks where the principles of the agile manifesto can be used to gain efficiencies and have all the stakeholders benefit from the benefits of the agile way of working. Using Agile frameworks to the T will not work in most cases and in fact shall be an anti-pattern if not used judiciously and in the right proportion along with other industry best practices.
Course Takeaways:
You will be able to use agile/ Kanban and a mix of lean principles to ensure that you do the work with the highest levels of efficiency and elicit rapid feedback from your stakeholders. The concept of shipping and a bias for action as well as understanding what is the minimum viable increment
