CERTIFIED IT LEADER Certificate issued by Global Academy of Finance and Management (GAFM) – USA

Accredited by International Board of Standards (IBS)

This program is designed for IT Directors, IT Managers, Head of CIO Office, Strategy Manager, Managers of IT Policy and Architecture, Enterprise Architects, IT Planners, Members of the IT Management Team, Systems Development Managers, Managers of Projects, Infrastructure Managers, Program Managers, Project Managers. This program covers the fundamentals, Strategic IT Leadership, Leading through the info value chain and Executing IT Leadership

Certified IT Leader Overview:

This program is designed for IT professionals who are aiming to maximize the productivity and creativity of their team as well as themselves. This course provides the participants with the knowledge, skills and tools and techniques needed to be an effective IT leader. It will develop their leadership capability and ability to contribute, both strategically and operationally, to the performance of your organisation through information technology.

The main objective of this program will be helping you understand the requirements of IT leadership as well as assess and develop your competencies accordingly. It will help you understand how a sustainable, strong and agile organisation is achievable with proper co-operation from the employees. This course will teach you how to shape behavior in such a way that such co-operation is achieved. Hence leveraging the unique strengths of your organisation and contributing to its innovation and actual transformation.

Objectives

− Learn how to get your people to embark on a common goal of creating value out of IT − Acquire skills to assume leadership of people and processes throughout the company, for maximizing IT

value − Understand and deliver IT content essential for achieving maximum value − Learn how to guide senior management in IT and in the Business, in their role towards IT value − Learn how to communicate in an effective manner as an IT leader − Use the creativity enhancing tools you learned during this program and integrate the ideals into your

team to increase productivity. − Articulate your ideas and strategy in an interesting and thought provoking manner. − Identify the infrastructure behind an IT department with strategic goals − How to use performance measurement methodology − Analyze and consider new technology, how to select a vendor and outsourcing data management

Who Should Attend IT Directors, IT Managers, Head of CIO Office, Strategy Manager, Managers of IT Policy and

Architecture, Enterprise Architects, IT Planners, Members of the IT Management Team, Systems Development Managers, Managers of Projects, Infrastructure Managers, Program Managers, Project Managers

Program Outline Module- 1: The Fundamentals

− Positioning The Major Objects Of IT Leadership − What Is IT Leadership? − Understanding Psychology – Theirs − Understanding Psychology - Yours − Dealing With Office Politics

Module-2 : Strategic IT Leadership − Business Governance And IT Governance − Leading & Managing the IT dept. − Developing your IT strategy − Creating an IT Team − Project management

Module-3 :Leading Alignment Through The Info Value Chain − The Information Value Chain as a concept − The IT Department As An Internal Supplier − Leading Strategy Development And Maintenance

Module-4: Multi-facetted IT Leadership − Leading IT Innovation − Leading Strategy Implementation - The Project Portfolio − Leading Operations − Leading Sourcing − Leading Continuous IT Improvement − Leading IT Relationships − IT Leadership by situation − Handling Chaos

Module-5: Executing IT Leadership − Leading Change − Leading Diversity And Culture − Effective IT Communications − Guiding Senior Business Management − Recognizing IT Leaders And Developing Them