GitLab InnerSourcing Training

Overview

This hands-on workshop covers what InnerSourcing is, the key components needed for InnerSourcing to be successful, and how it will benefit you and your company. Attendees will learn how GitLab can help drive collaboration and consistency throughout the organization, and begin to apply best practices used by GitLab's own teams.

GitLab InnerSourcing Training covers some features that are available in all three GitLab pricing tiers (Free, Premium, and Ultimate), some features that are only available in Premium and Ultimate, and a small number of features that are only available in Ultimate.

Target Audience

Cross-functional development team members
Prerequisite knowledge
- Commands and concepts of any version control system
- Agile development workflow

What’s Included

Live training sessions delivered by a GitLab technical trainer
Lecture with demonstrations
Hands-on labs
Slides with notes and reference links

Price

Remote: $5,000
On-site: $7,000 plus travel expenses for each instructor

Duration

Remote: normally delivered as two 3-hour sessions, presented on separate days.
On-site: normally delivered as a single 7-hour session, including 1 hour for lunch.

Class Size

Maximum 12 attendees. Order this seat add-on to increase total seats per class.

Course Syllabus

Duration	Topic	Overview
30 mins	What is InnerSourcing?	InnerSourcing Defined Benefits of InnerSourcing Key Parts of InnerSourcing Who is Using InnerSourcing? Starting InnerSouring: Where to Begin GitLab Workflow Components
30 mins	Open Communication	Features of Open Communication Characteristics of a Good Communicator Benefits of Open Communication Scenario Exercise: Who did it better?
30 mins	Open Collaboration	Open Collaboration and InnerSourcing Keys for Successful Open Collaboration Open Collaboration Checklist Making Open Collaboration Work
30 mins	Benefits of InnerSourcing	Adopting InnerSourcing Discussion Section: Existing Redundancies Why InnerSourcing is so Useful How GitLab Makes Collaboration Easy Review Quiz: GitLab InnerSourcing Introduction
30 mins	Understanding GitLab's CI/CD Functions	Demo: GitLab Navigation Lab: Basics What is CI/CD? CI/CD Advantages Concurrent DevOps LifeCycle with GitLab CI/CD Features in GitLab—by Lifecycle Stage GitLab CI/CD Automated Tasks GitLab Recommended Process
30 mins	Applying GitLab's Permission Model	GitLab's Permission Model InnerSourcing and Permissions Basic User Permission Model Group and Project Permissions Changing Permissions Secrets Management
15 mins	GitLab's Package and Release Stages	What are Package and Container Registries? InnerSourcing Benefits of GitLab’s Package Stage Release Features in GitLab Discussion Section: Release Features and InnerSourcing
30 mins	InnerSourcing Best Practices	Collaboration Fails Best Collaboration Functions Within GitLab Best Communication Functions Within GitLab How Else Can You Contribute? Demo: InnerSourcing Functions Lab: Collaboration Tools Lab: Search Activity Lab: Open Activities

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System Requirements

Computer with internet access and Git installed, per the requirements specified here.

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