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Building Green Software for Champions

4.6

(5 ratings)

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6 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Exclusive live sessions with individual coaching on a strategic approach to sustainable systems. Weekly 4-5pm London time

Course overview

Future-Ready, Green Software

Going green is a competitive advantage and a fundamental part of modernizing software systems.


Learn the fundamentals of building green software and the impact of the energy transition on tech in an in depth, 6 week online course (1 hour per week) based on Anne's O'Reilly book Building Green Software. The course provides a thorough grounding in the theory behind building software to survive the energy transition. 


Ideal for anyone who will be leading or supporting others in making systems ready for the future e.g. sales engineers, team leaders, trainers, product owners, architects or CTOs - i.e. your green champions.


Why

In tech, there are major wins from embracing sustainable systems. The best practice techniques for utilizing renewable energy can deliver far, far cheaper power as well as bettter resilience, productivity, and security.


You will learn how to align engineering, operational, and architectural decisions with reduced carbon emissions but also better resilience, performance, security, and development velocity, while lowering your hosting bills.


Course Content

Live lessons on:

How to assess the likely impact of the energy transition on your software systems and judge the opportunities and risks.

How to know where to start with greening your systems.

How to know what to do and when. Part 1 - operations.

How to know what to do and when. Part 2 - demand shifting and shaping.

How to know what to do and when. Part 3 - code and platforms.

Learn about the Green Software Foundation (GSF) Green Software Maturity Matrix from its original author & review and reflect.

Plus: Q&A sessions.


With

The GSF Green Software Maturity Matrix Self Assessment Framework to help you assess where you are and your next steps (Anne is the GSF Maturity Matrix project lead).


Case studies from companies at multiple levels of the maturity matrix.

Who is this course for

01

Senior Architects who need to get up to speed on the principles of green sustainable systems including futureproofing advantages.

02

Experienced Software Engineers who are worried about the risks of the energy transition to their systems & want to take mitigation steps.

03

SREs, Operations and DevOps engineers who want to understand the implications for hosting & platform choices of the energy transition

What you’ll get out of this course

Understand the key factors in sustainability

You will understand the key factors that matter to the sustainability of a system and whether it's likely to survive and thrive or crash and burn in the energy transition.

Understand the pros and cons of operational efficiency vs code efficiency

You'll know where to focus your attention first and why. Running before you can walk is likely to end up giving you a bloody nose.

Understand demand shifting and demand shaping

You will learn where, when, and how to use it and what to do when that demand just won't be shifted.

Understand where your organization sits with respect to green software maturity

The next steps for your systems depend on where they are now and your appetite for leading the pack vs sticking to tried and tested, commodity solutions. By the end of the course, you will understand what tools are out there that you can leverage to deliver on your specific goals

This course includes

6 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

6 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

Projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

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Course syllabus

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  • Week 1

    Sep 16—Sep 22

    Events

    • Sep

      16

      1: The impact, opportunities, and risks of the energy transition

      Mon, Sep 16, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • How to assess the impact of the energy transition & the strategy to tackle it

  • Week 2

    Sep 23—Sep 29

    Events

    • Sep

      23

      2: Getting started with green systems

      Mon, Sep 23, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • How to know where to begin

  • Week 3

    Sep 30—Oct 6

    Events

    • Sep

      30

      3: Green Operations

      Mon, Sep 30, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • What are Green Operations?

  • Week 4

    Oct 7—Oct 13

    Events

    • Oct

      7

      4: Demand Shifting and Shaping

      Mon, Oct 7, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • What is Demand Shifting and Shaping?

  • Week 5

    Oct 14—Oct 20

    Events

    • Oct

      14

      5: Code efficiency and Green Platforms

      Mon, Oct 14, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • What is Green Code and How do Platforms Fit In?

  • Week 6

    Oct 21

    Events

    • Oct

      21

      6: The Green Software Maturity Matrix and Reviewing and Reflecting

      Mon, Oct 21, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • The Green Software Maturity Matrix

4.6

(5 ratings)

What students are saying

What people are saying

        Anne is exceptional. Her knowledge and vision of green software provide the necessary perspective to understand, adopt, and implement practices for the operation and efficiency of systems and applications. I have enjoyed every one of Anne's sessions. I cannot say that one has been better than another because they are all spectacular.
Jose Alejandro Sanchez

Jose Alejandro Sanchez

Smart Green IT
        Anne, a co-author of O'Reilly's "Building Green Software," possesses exceptional communication skills, and is widely acknowledged as a global authority in sustainable software development.
Charles Humble

Charles Humble

Former editor-in-chief of InfoQ magazine, author at TheNewStack, editor and writer
        Thanks again for this course. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot from it.
Edgar Post

Edgar Post

Freelance web developer
        Anne has a knack for capturing relevant detail, seeing to the heart of it and drawing out the key lessons.
Greg Hawkins

Greg Hawkins

Former CTO, Starling Bank (Britain's first digital bank)
        A sustainability expert with an incredibly positive attitude! Anne‘s teaching is infectious and you feel smarter and motivated after her sessions.
Kavita Kapoor

Kavita Kapoor

Executive at JustEat, Micro:Bit Foundation, ex London Olympics
        Anne is incredibly enthusiastic, positive, and nice!
Sara Bergman

Sara Bergman

Engineer at Microsoft, co-author of "Building Green Software"
        Anne is a great communicator who is a pleasure to listen to and interact with. She connects the big picture with actionable steps in a thought provoking manner.
Ross Fairbanks

Ross Fairbanks

Independent Platform Engineer

Meet your instructor

Anne Currie

Anne Currie

Anne Currie is part of the leadership of the Linux Foundation's Green Software Foundation. She is co-author of the new O'Reilly book "Building Green Software", which is available on the O'Reilly Safari platform and from all good book retailers. She is the leader of the GSF's Green Software Maturity Matrix project.


She is a tech veteran and startup founder of nearly 30 years experience. Anne worked on highly performant systems like Microsoft Exchange and online conferencing in the 90's, early ecommerce platforms in the '00s, and cutting edge operations in the 10's.


In her spare time she is the author of 8 popular speculative science fiction novels.

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Course schedule

1-2 hours per week

  • One hour of live training per week for 6 weeks

    4-5pm UK, 11-12pm EDT, 5-6pm CET

    1 hour, afternoons (lunchtimes US East) for 6 weeks

  • Projects

    1 hour per week (optional)

    Each week there will be an optional research and thinking project for discussion at the next Q&A session

Free resource

Green Software Maturity Matrix

The Green Software Maturity Matrix (GSMM) is a self-assessment tool to help you judge where your systems are and the next steps you need to take to be greener.


The GSMM is published by the Green Software Foundation where it is an ongoing project. It is available under a CC-BY-4.0 Attribution license (please attribute to the Green Software Foundation). Anne is the project lead and collated the first version.


A fuller text description: https://maturity-matrix.greensoftware.foundation/ The project is open to contributions from everyone.

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