• Business decision-makers: directors (managers of managers), managers of individual contributors (ICs) or ICs working in non-IT functions/divisions (such as finance, marketing, sales, HR, product design) interested in understanding the applications of cloud technology for business improvement opportunities and transformational project(s).

• Savvy about your own business practices.
• No prior technical knowledge.

Course Outline:

The course includes presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on labs.

Module 1: Why cloud technology is revolutionizing business

• Innovations throughout history leading up to the cloud era.
• What is cloud and why is it revolutionizing business?.
• The danger of maintaining status quo.
• The superpowers of cloud technology.
• What does this mean for you?

Module 2: Fostering a culture of innovation

• The “garage” or “innovation” mindset.
• Business and culture challenges of the new cloud paradigm.
• Principles and best practices to scale the innovation mindset.
• Practicing an innovation mindset with an industry example.
• What does this mean for you?

Module 3: Define the ideal business transformation challenge

• Improvements versus transformations.
• Writing the ideal transformation challenge with two key principles.
• Data sets and mapping your organization’s data ecosystem.
• Identifying most transformative challenge using a framework.
• What does this mean for you?

Module 4: Build trust with availability, security, and compliance

• Fundamental terms: privacy, availability, security, and compliance.
• Today’s top cybersecurity challenges.
• What is a “Shared Responsibility Model” and why is it important?
• Discuss examples of international compliance standards for cloud and how Cloud can help meet them.
• What does this mean for you?

Module 5: Build a business case for your transformation challenge

• Identifying the best solution for a business challenge.
• Creating a transformation roadmap.
• Categorizing the required datasets to reach a solution.
• Creating a business case for a transformation project.
• What does this mean for you?

Training material provided:

Yes (Digital format)