Overview
As the leading global provider of strategy, products and services for enabling enterprise-scale adoption of open source software (OSS), Black Duck® is dedicated to helping organizations master the use and proper management of open source. To help our clients most effectively use OSS, Black Duck has created a comprehensive Training & Certification program within Black Duck University that provides both an overview of OSS use and trends and instruction specific to the Black Duck® Suite, our flagship enterprise-class solution for governance of open source.
The Training & Certification program is an internet-based course that provides an overview of open source, along with specific training modules designed for a variety of roles and responsibilities. From administrators and developers to approvers, auditors and engineers, all employees will learn how to manage open source to encourage innovation, increase the speed of development and ensure compliance with their organization’s policies.
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Features
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Benefits
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| On-Demand Education |
Students can learn on their own schedules and gain the knowledge they need, when they need it. |
| Interactive |
Flash-based application simulations allow students to learn-by-doing, helping enhance knowledge with practical skills so they can accelerate the use and management of open source. |
| Online |
Convenient and available – customers can access the training from any location with an internet connection. |
| Skill Assessment |
During and at the end of each module, students are presented with assessment checkpoints to reinforce their learning. |
| Role-Based Learning Tracks |
Students focus specifically on the courses that are relevant to their job, saving both time and money. |
| Consistency |
Every student is taught the exact same program material, without any variation in the experience. |
Courses
The program is divided into units designed specifically for professionals like developers, customization engineers, auditors and others. With these targeted courses, employees can learn the most important information regarding using open source to accomplish their business objectives.
- Your program begins with the Introduction to the Black Duck Suite, which provides a general overview of the Black Duck Suite and how the Suite solves many types of business challenges. The Introduction is the pre-requisite course for all learning tracks.
- Administration of the Black Duck Suite: Code Center - Trains students on the proper administration of Code Center.
- Administration of the Black Duck Suite: Protex - Trains students on the proper administration of Protex.
- Open Source Requestor - Trains developers and team leaders to use Code Center to request the use of open source components in development projects.• Open Source Approver - Trains the individuals responsible for approving or rejecting the open source component requests to use Code Center to locate information about open source requests, licenses and component suitability.
- Open Source Code Auditor - Trains developers to use Protex to discover which open source components are contained in their source code, including a detailed understanding of how to perform analysis and identification of source code, string searches and dependencies.
- Customization Engineer - Trains the customization engineer who will extend the capabilities of the Black Duck Suite utilizing custom reports, the Software Development Kit (SDK) and the command Line Interface (CLI). This course provides the learner with a detailed understanding of how to automate and integrate the Black Duck Suite into development processes.
Black Duck University Training & Certification courses are designed to enable our clients to quickly embrace the benefits of OSS and maximize use of the Black Duck Suite, increasing development productivity and innovation while providing tools to govern its implementation and management.