IT Management - Proactive & Practical Strategies for Success

Welcome to the course! 

This is one of the few courses on UDEMY that focuses on developing the skills needed to be an effective and successful IT manager. 

The reality is that every senior role in the IT industry, including technical roles, requires some degree of IT management skill.

You will most benefit from this course if you are preparing for, or already in, a management role in or related to the IT industry.  For example, you might be a project manager, managing a unit within an IT department, or a team leader. 

Not surprisingly, the best IT managers have a broad base of both hard (technical) and soft (people, collaboration) skills.  Though technology is always evolving, the core problem-solving skills and challenges remain fairly consistent, which is to get the best out of technology and people.

In this course, you will delve into the following key topics:

• Preparing for the role of IT manager.

• Deliver on IT projects.

• Effectively run the IT operations.

• Get the best from vendors and partners.

• Lead a high-performance team.

• Protect data as a business priority.

• Be on top of cybersecurity.

• Assess and manage IT risk.

• Develop business continuity and resilience.

• Manage an IT budget.

• Explore the benefits of cloud computing.

This is not a long-winded course. You will learn from short, concise and to-the-point videos. 

Though you may not need all of the above skills right now, they may become important in the future as you take on a new portfolio or move to a different or more senior role.    

Ultimately, we hope that the 4 hours or so need to complete the course will be well-worth the time and effort.