Software Development for Project Managers Course

Course Summary

The Modern Software Development for Project Managers training course is designed to give project managers a better understanding of the components of a modern software application and the steps that are involved with adding new features to modern software.

The course begins with a look at the Software Development Life Cycle and Git. Next, it analyzes the anatomy of a full stack application. The course concludes with a look at CI/CD and how DevOps fits into the modern development workflow.

Purpose

Promote an in-depth understanding of the software development life cycle and how Git and DevOps work together in application development and deployment.

Audience

Project managers looking to gain a better understanding of how modern software is developed.

Role

Project Manager - Technical Manager

Skill Level

Introduction

Style

Workshops

Duration

3 Days

Related Technologies

DevOps Training

CI/CD

Git

Software Engineering Training

Software Architecture

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Productivity Objectives:

Explain how Git is used in software development
Describe the software development life cycle
Define the meaning and role of front-end and back-end in an application
Identify the purpose and functioning of CI/CD and DevOps in modern application development and deployment

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Real-World Content

Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
Expert Practitioners

Industry experts with 15+ years of industry experience that bring their battle scars into the classroom.
Experiential Learning

More coding than lecture, coupled with architectural and design discussions.
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What You'll Learn

In the Modern Software Development for Project Managers training course, you'll learn:

How software is made in a modern development shop
- SDLC
- Version control in a collaborative environment
  - Branches
  - Pull Requests
  - Git Methodologies
- Development environments (Dev, QA, Staging, Prod)
The Anatomy of a Full Stack App (Technology Agnostic)
- Front End vs Back End
- Frameworks vs Libraries vs Languages
- Hosting and Infrastructure

Project Management in modern software development
- Tickets/Ticket Lifecycle (Jira)
CI/CD
- Relationship to source control approach
- Difference between Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment
- Decide what to automate
DevOps
- Automated Builds
- Automated Testing
- Deploying Code
Practical Lab: Work with an existing full Stack app using containers and CI/CD and add a new field to a form and a new column to a database table
- Tech Stack:
  - Front End: HTML/CSS/JavaScript
  - Server: Node, Express
  - Database: MySQL