SAFe DevOps with SDP Certification in Minneapolis x

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The two-day, interactive SAFe® DevOps course helps people across technical, non-technical, and leadership roles work together to optimize their value stream from end to end. Attendees will learn what DevOps is, why it is important to every role, and design a continuous delivery pipeline that is tailored to their business. Attendees work in cross-functional teams to map their current state value stream from concept to cash, identify major bottlenecks to flow, and build an actionable implementation plan that will accelerate the benefits of DevOps in their organization.

Attendees will leave with the knowledge they need to support and enable a successful DevOps initiative at scale. The course also prepares attendees for the SAFe® 4 DevOps Practitioner (SDP) certification exam.

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The following will benefit from this course:

• All members of an Agile Release Train and/or value stream
• Developers, Testers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and other Agile Team members
• Infrastructure and Operations engineers and practitioners
• Configuration Managers, Release Managers, and Change Management professionals
• Architects, Database Administrators, and Information Security professionals
• Product Managers, Portfolio Managers, Product Owners, Release Train Engineers, and UI/UX Developers
• Development, Engineering, QA, Infrastructure, and Operations Managers
• IT and Business change agents, leaders, and executives

Every Participant Will Receive:

• Lunch and coffee
• Printed and PDF training materials
• Practice exam and study guide
• Certificate of completion
• The certification exam for SAFe DevOps Practiction (SDP) to be taken at your convenience within 30 days after the course
  
• Eligibility to apply for 15 PDUs to help maintain certifications such as PMP, PgMP
  
• Eligibility to apply for 15 Scrum Alliance SEUs (Category C) upon completion of the cours

“Agile Mike” Michael Dougherty has over 25 years of experience with software development and product leadership. He is published under the “Built for Success” column in CIO.com magazine and held the position of Vice President in the Agile Leadership Network. Michael has taught multiple SAFe courses for over the past three years to over 400 people and is currently an Enterprise Agile Coach at Lean Agile Enterprises and a certified SAFe SPC5, AWS Cloud Architect, Scrum CSP, and PMP.

During the past four years, Michael has overseen an annual Annual Portfolio of over $100 Million, consisting of over 80 engagements with over 30 Scrum Masters. Michael contributed and led three digital transformations, five SAFe engagements and coached over 15 clients.

• "Definitely on the high level of instructors I have had over the (many, many) years."
• “Michael is very enthusiastic and knowledgeable on the content. There were only a couple of questions that he could not immediately answer and even in those cases he was able to provide valuable guidance.”
• "Michael presented the course professionally and kept everything on track and on pace for the duration of the course. He quickly recognized courses of discussion that were leading away from the subject matter and he was able to smoothly bring us back on topic every time."
• "Class was interesting and despite the volume of information, stayed on schedule. The instructor worked the room during labs to make sure we understood the concepts taught and were applying them correctly."
• "Michael has excellent knowledge of the course content. He provided real world examples."
• "Michael did a great job talking about SAFE concepts and sessions were very interactive. I would take a class with Mike anytime."
• "Not only does Mr. Dougherty have a masters knowledge of the course content he is passionate about SAFe and that is contagious!"
• "Clearly he is well versed and very much into the content. The only thing he stumped on was a "trick question" in a sample exam which, in retrospect showed how he really knew the information. His feed back during the exercises where invaluable."

Cancelation policy: Full refunds will be issued for cancelations made more than 30 days from the start of the course. For cancellations less than 30 days prior to course start, registrants may contact us to change their registration to another offering.

Exact location in Minneapolis will be dependent upon number of registrants. Students will be notified of exact location at least 2 weeks prior to training.

Notice: If you are booking travel please be sure to book refundable tickets. If 6 or more students do not register for the course, the course will be canceled and you will be notified of cancellation at least 2 weeks prior to class. Sprint Ahead will not be responsible for any canceled airline or hotel reservations.

For group rates, on-site intact training or any questions contact darcy.kruse@gosprintahead.com.

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