Information Technology Management and Leadership Executive (ITMLE)
Retail Price: $1,995.00
Next Date: 05/07/2024
Course Days: 3
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Upon completion of the IT Management and Leadership Professional (ITMLE) Certification class, students will be able to:
- Widen their knowledge of the “Business of IT”
- Enhance their IT strategic planning and thinking effectiveness
- Better understand and define the role of IT within the organization
- Establish a culture of coaching and mentoring within their team
- More effectively select, negotiate, and manage vendors
- Enhance their ability to implement change within IT and their user community
The ITMLE Certification workshop is ideal for seasoned IT Managers and IT Directors (Managers of Managers) wanting to:
- Enhance their current job performance and position themself for a promotion
- Accelerate their upward mobility
- Get a seat at the business strategy/decision making table
- Understand the business of IT
- Foster innovation, resiliency and productivity
Exam Certification Process
Each exam consists of multiple-choice and situational short-answer questions. Typically, the exam takes 3-4 hours to complete, is open-book, open-note, and can be completed all at once in in multiple sessions at your convenience. The exam is included in the class fee, at no extra cost!
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
- Enablers and Drivers of IT Innovation
- Design Thinking
- Divergent and Convergent Problem Solving
- Repurposing your Intellectual Property
- Building an Innovation Pipeline
- IT Innovation and Implementation Life Cycle
IT Leadership’s Role in AI
- AI Techniques, Types, and Functionality
- IT-Specific AI Internal Uses and Benefits
- Key IT Leadership Questions About AI
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