Technical Leadership: "The CTO Course"

Technical management is the process of leading and overseeing the technical aspects of a project or organisation. It includes tasks such as leading a development team, making technical decisions, managing technical debt, setting technical direction and strategy, managing the budget and resources, identifying and addressing technical risks and issues, and communicating with non-technical stakeholders. It requires the ability to balance technical needs and goals with budget, resources, and time constraints, as well as lead and inspire a dev team.

Learn about popular software development methodologies like Agile, Waterfall, and Scrum. See how they work, what problems they solve, and what their pros and cons are. Each method has different implementations and excels in different settings and industries. Company and team culture also plays a part when choosing the right methodology.

Learn about the planning, execution, monitoring, and control of a project to achieve specific goals and objectives. We will focus on tasks such as budgeting, resource allocation, and risk management.

Technical architecture is the overall design of a system, including the structure, components, interfaces, and data flow. It defines how the system will meet its requirements and support its technology stack. Examples of topics we will cover are microservices, monoliths, cloud computing, and containerisation.

You will learn about all the different attacks on the ever-growing list of common attacks to prepare you and your organisation for things that may happen to anyone. But knowing about them at least gives you a fighting chance!

Learn communicating with non-technical stakeholders, and presenting technical information to a non-technical audience in a practical way.

Learn to maximise your team's impact on your organisation by identifying and evaluating new business opportunities, and creating a long-term vision for a company's technical direction.

Learn skills for effectively leading and managing a team, including communication, motivation, conflict resolution, decision-making, problem-solving, building and managing a high-performing team, fostering creativity and innovation, and culture building. We also cover soft skills such as emotional intelligence, empathy, active listening and self-awareness, which are essential in leading and building a team.

You'll learn techniques and strategies for effectively communicating and interacting with others, including communication, empathy, conflict resolution, negotiation, decision-making, problem-solving, emotional intelligence, and building and maintaining relationships. We also cover self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, social awareness, cultural intelligence, active listening, and understanding of body language.

We will dive into several technical domains and their applications, such as: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Internet of Things, Cloud computing, Cybersecurity, and Data Science.