DevOps Foundation®

Duration: 2 Days

Course Overview

Learn about DevOps to support organizational efforts in reducing costs while increasing agility, quality and customer service; leverage case studies, real-world success stories, and metrics to demonstrate business success in this foundation-level course to support digital transformation.

The DevOps Foundation course provides a baseline understanding of key DevOps terminology to ensure everyone is talking the same language and highlights the benefits of DevOps to support organizational success.

The course includes the latest thinking, principles and practices from the DevOps community including real-world case studies from high performing organizations including ING Bank, Ticketmaster, Capital One, Alaska Air, Target, Fannie Mae, Societe Generale, and Disney that engage and inspire learners, leveraging multimedia and interactive exercises that bring the learning experience to life, including the Three Ways as highlighted in the Phoenix Project by Gene Kim and the latest from the State of DevOps report.

This course positions learners to successfully complete the DevOps Foundation examination.

How can I attend my course?

On-line from
your chosen location

At our dedicated
training facility

On-site at
your premises

Target Audience

Individuals involved in IT development, IT operations or IT service management;
Individuals who require an understanding of DevOps principles IT professionals working within, or about to enter, an Agile Service Design Environment;
The following IT roles: Automation Architects, Application Developers, Business Analysts, Business Managers, Business Stakeholders, Change Agents, Consultants, DevOps Consultants, DevOps Engineers, Infrastructure Architect, Integration Specialists, IT Directors, IT Managers, IT Operations, IT Team Leaders, Lean Coaches, Network Administrators, Operations Managers, Project Managers, Release Engineers, Software Developers, Software Tester/QA, System Administrators, Systems Engineers, System Integrators, Tool Providers.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• DevOps objectives and vocabulary;
• Benefits to the business and IT;
• Principles and practices including Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, testing, security and the Three Ways;
• DevOps relationship to Agile, Lean and ITSM;
• Improved workflows, communication and feedback loops;
• Automation practices including deployment pipelines and DevOps toolchains;
• Scaling DevOps for the enterprise;
• Critical success factors and key performance indicators;
• Real-life examples and results.

Course Content

Exploring DevOps

• Defining DevOps
• Why Does DevOps Matter?

Core DevOps Principles

• The Three Ways
• The First Way
• The Theory of Constraints
• The Second Way
• The Third Way
• Chaos Engineering
• Learning Organizations

Key DevOps Practices

• Continuous Delivery
• Site Reliability & Resilience Engineering
• DevSecOps
• ChatOps
• Kanban

Scrum Master

• Agile
• ITSM
• Lean
• Safety Culture
• Learning Organizations
• Sociocracy/Holacracy
• Continuous Funding

Culture, Behaviors & Operating Models

• Defining Culture
• Behavioral Models
• Organizational maturity models
• Target Operating Models

Automation & Architecting DevOps Toolchains

• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Containers
• Kubernetes
• DevOps Toolchain

Measurement, Metrics, and Reporting

• The Importance of Metrics
• Technical Metrics
• Business Metrics
• Measuring & Reporting Metrics

Sharing, Shadowing and Evolving

• Collaborative Platforms
• Immersive, Experiential Learning
• DevOps Leadership
• Evolving Change

Learner Materials:

• Sixteen (16) hours of instructor-led training and exercise facilitation
• DevOps – The Basics (pre-class resource)
• Learner Manual (excellent post-class reference)
• Participation in unique exercises designed to apply concepts
• Sample documents, templates, tools and techniques
• Access to additional sources of information and communities

Certification exam:

• Successfully passing (65%) the 60-minute examination, consisting of 40 multiple-choice questions, leads tothe DevOps Foundation Certificate.
• The certification is governed and maintained by the DevOps Institute.

COURSE PREREQUISITES

Familiarity with IT terminology and IT related work experience are recommended.

You will receive a full set of course notes
and all supporting materials for your course.

Hard Copy Delivered to your premises or Downloaded to a chosen device.