Overview
As organizations are facing new entrants in their respective markets, they need to stay competitive and release new and updated products on a regular basis. 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.
This DevOps Foundation training includes a baseline understanding of key DevOps terminologies, the latest thinking, principles, and practices from the DevOps community including real-world case studies from many high performing organizations 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 PhoenixProject the latest from the State of DevOps report.
It is designed for a broad audience, enabling those on the business side to obtain an understanding of Kubernetes and Containers while those on the technical side will obtain an understanding as to the business value of DevOps to reduce cost, increase quality and enhance agility to support business objectives in support of digital transformation initiatives.
Skills Covered
Participants will gain an understanding of this cultural and professional movement that stresses communication, collaboration, integration, and automation to improve the how of work between software developers and IT operations professionals. On completion of this course, the following learning outcomes will be achieved:
- 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
Who Should Attend
The target audience for the DevOps Foundation course includes Management, Operations, Developers, QA and Testing professionals such as:
- 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 Architects, Integration Specialists, IT Directors, IT Managers, IT Operations, IT Team Leaders, Lean Coaches, Network Administrators, Operations Managers, Project Managers, Release Engineers, Software Developers, Software Testers/QA, System Administrators, Systems Engineers, System Integrators, Tool Providers
Course Curriculum
Course Modules
Exam & Certification
Participants who successfully complete the course and pass the examination will be recognized as certified with DevOps Foundation issued by DevOps Institute. Delegates who do not attain a passing score for the examination would be awarded a course attendance certificate only. The DevOps Foundation course is a prerequisite for sitting the DevOps advanced level courses and examination.
EXAMINATION FORMAT
- 40 Multiple Choice
- 1 mark per correct answer
- 26 marks required to pass (out of 40)
- Passing score – 65%
- One hour duration
- Closed-book
