DevOps Foundation Course [2 Days Certification Course]

About DevOps Foundation
This sixteen (16) hour certification course provides an introduction to DevOps-the cultural and professional movement that stresses communication, collaboration and integration between software developers and IT operations professionals. Improved workflows will result in an improved ability to design, develop, deploy and operate software and services faster.This course is designed to provide the basic education needed to build a basic understanding of DevOps concepts and practices.
Learning Objectives
The learning objectives for DevOps Foundation include an understanding of:

DevOps objectives and vocabulary
Benefits to the business
Concepts and practices - including its relationship to Agile, Lean and IT Service Management (ITSM)
Improved workflows
Improved communication and feedback loops
Reliance on automation
Applying DevOps in an enterprise environment
Critical success factors and key performance indicators
Real-life examples and results

Who is the DevOps Foundation Certification for

Anyone working in Software Development, IT Service Management or an IT Operations organization.
Individuals and organisations seeking a fundamental understanding of DevOps
Employees, managers, stakeholders and suppliers who are leading or contributing to an organisation’s DevOps initiatives
Consultants guiding their clients through DevOps programs and process improvement initiatives
Application and infrastructure providers whose products are part of the DevOps tool chain
Internal and external suppliers
Business stakeholders

Pre-requisites
There are no pre-requisites to attend the course and certification. Basic familiarity with IT and IT frameworks (Agile, Lean, ITSM) is recommended
DevOps Foundation Certification Exam
DevOps foundation certification is a closed-book paper based exam which is scheduled on the second day of the course.
The exam is for one hour duration with 40 multiple choice questions.
A candidate must achieve a score of 26 out of 40 (65%) to pass and become certified.
 
Course Outline
Introduction

Agenda
Certification Examination
Body of Knowledge

What is DevOps?

Definition, Goals and Stakeholders
NoOps Vs NewOps

Why Now?

What’s Driving the Business and IT
Recent findings

The Business Perspective

Outcome Economy
The Golden Circle-Business “Why”
Business Value of DevOps

The IT Perspective

IT Cultural and Technical Challenges
Can IT be Bi-modal?

DevOps Principles

The Three Ways (Phoenix Project)
Theory of Constraints DevOps Practices
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery and Deployment
Continuous Testing
Rugged DevOps
DevSecOps
ChatOps
Kanban

DevOps and Other Frameworks

Agile

Scrum
SAFE
Paced-Layered Application Strategy

ITSM

ITIL
Agile Service Management

Lean

Lean Basics
Lean Practices
Value Stream Mapping Improvement Kata

DevOps Values

Culture

What is Culture?
Cultural Debt
Managing Culture Change
Managing Conflict

Automation

Enablers , Benefits, Terms and First Steps for Getting Started
DevOps Toolchains
Deployment Pipeline

Lean as a DevOps Value
Measurement

DevOps Metrics

Sharing

Ideas for encouraging Sharing
Internal DevOps Days DevOps In the Enterprise

Roles
Organizational Considerations

DevOps Teams Getting Started

Challenges, Risks and Critical Success Factors

About DevOps Institute (DOI)
The DevOps Institute (DOI) is the global learning community around emerging DevOps practices and is bringing enterprise level DevOps training and certification to the IT market. Working with recognized thought leaders, a strategic examination partner, and DevOps Express, DOI has set the quality standard for relevant, current and sustainable DevOps course content and certification.