GCP100CDL
Cloud Digital Leader
If you're wondering how the cloud can transform your business, then the Cloud Digital Leader training is for you. Designed to give you foundational knowledge about cloud technology, data, artificial intelligence, and Google Cloud products that enable digital transformation, CDL can empower you and your team(s) to contribute to cloud-related business initiatives in your organization. Whether you're an experienced leader or new to the cloud, CDL equips you with the tools and confidence to make a real difference.
What you will learn
- How to identify Google Cloud products and solutions that support digital transformation.
- How cloud technology and data can be used to innovate within organizations.
- Ways organizations can innovate using Google Cloud's artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions.
- Options for infrastructure and application modernization with Google Cloud.
- The fundamentals of cloud security, Google's trusted infrastructure.
- How to optimize cloud costs and achieve operational excellence with Google Cloud.
Prerequisites
- Knowledgeable about your own business products, services, and industry.
- No prior technical knowledge is required.
Target audience
- Traditional enterprise business decision makers, All management levels leading product, projects, programs, operations, line of business, finance, people management, sales, marketing, and client management interested in how Google Cloud can support their business transformation, Individuals reasonably new to cloud technology
Training Program
6 modules to master the fundamentals
Objectives
- Explain why and how the cloud is revolutionizing businesses.
- Explain general cloud concepts.
- Discuss the benefits and tradeoffs of using infrastructure as a service (IaaS); platform as a service (PaaS); and software as a service (SaaS).
Topics covered
- →Why cloud technology is transforming business
- →Fundamental cloud concepts
- →Cloud computing models and shared responsibility
Objectives
- Describe the intrinsic role that data plays in an organization's digital transformation.
- Determine which Google Cloud data management products are applicable to different business use cases.
- Discuss how smart analytics, business intelligence tools, and streaming analytics can add value in different business use cases.
Topics covered
- →The value of data
- →Google Cloud data management solutions
- →Making data useful and accessible
Objectives
- Discuss the main AI and ML concepts, and explain how ML can create business value.
- Discuss the range of Google Cloud AI and ML solutions and products available, and how to select the most appropriate solution for different business use cases.
- Explain how Google Cloud's pre-trained API, AutoML, and custom AI/ML products can create business value.
Topics covered
- →AI and ML fundamentals
- →Google Cloud's AI and ML solutions
Objectives
- Explain why modernization and migration to the cloud are important steps in an organization's transformation journey, and how each application might have a different path.
- Discuss the options for and advantages of running compute workloads in the cloud.
- Discuss the advantages of using containers in application modernization.
- Discuss the advantages of serverless computing in application modernization.
- Explain the business value of application programming interfaces (APIs).
- Discuss the business reasons for choosing hybrid or multi-cloud strategies and how GKE Enterprise enables these strategies.
Topics covered
- →Important cloud migration terms
- →Modernizing infrastructure in the cloud
- →Modernizing applications in the cloud
Objectives
- Discuss fundamental cloud security concepts.
- Explain the business value of Google's defense-in-depth multilayered approach to infrastructure security.
- Describe how Google Cloud earns and maintains customer trust in the cloud.
Topics covered
- →Trust and security in the cloud
- →Google's trusted infrastructure
- →Google Cloud's trust principles and compliance
Objectives
- Discuss how Google Cloud supports an organization's financial governance and ability to control their cloud costs.
- Discuss the fundamental concepts of modern operations, reliability, and resilience in the cloud.
- Discuss how Google Cloud helps organizations meet sustainability goals and reduce environmental impact.
Topics covered
- →Financial governance and managing cloud costs
- →Operational excellence and reliability at scale
- →Sustainability with Google Cloud
Quality Process
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Teaching Methods Used
- Lectures / Theoretical Slides — Presentation of concepts using visual aids (PowerPoint, PDF).
- Technical Demonstration (Demos) — The instructor performs a task or procedure while students observe.
- Guided Labs — Guided practical exercises on software, hardware, or technical environments.
- Quiz / MCQ — Quick knowledge check (paper-based or digital via tools like Kahoot/Klaxoon).
Evaluation and Monitoring System
The achievement of training objectives is evaluated at multiple levels to ensure quality:
- Continuous Knowledge Assessment : Verification of knowledge throughout the training via participatory methods (quizzes, practical exercises, case studies) under instructor supervision.
- Progress Measurement : Comparative self-assessment system including an initial diagnostic to determine the starting level, followed by a final evaluation to validate skills development.
- Quality Evaluation : End-of-session satisfaction questionnaire to measure the relevance and effectiveness of the training as perceived by participants.
Train multiple employees
- Volume discounts (multiple seats)
- Private or custom session
- On-site or remote