DevOps Foundation

Overview

This course will provide you with an introduction to DevOps – the cultural and professional movement that stresses communnication, collaboration and integration between software developers and IT operations professionals. This foundation course is designed to provide the basic education needed to build a DevOps vocabulary and to understand its principles and practices.

What will you learn?

• Why organisations are adopting DevOps practices from both the business and IT perspectives
• How to answer the question ‘What is DevOps?’
• DevOps values and principles
• How DevOps interfaces with other frameworks such as agile, lean and IT service management
• The characteristics of a DevOps culture
• DevOps organisational considerations including DevOps roles, teams and organisational structures
• Key DevOps practices
• Common DevOps automation practices and tool categories
• How to adopt a DevOps Culture

Who is this course for?

• Individuals involved in IT development, IT operations or IT service management, particularly those in an enterprise environment
• Individuals who require a detailed understanding of DevOps principles
• IT professionals working within, or about to enter, an Agile service design environment and requiring a detailed understanding of the concepts involved in interfacing Agile and DevOps
• Individuals who require an understanding of the culture changes associated with adopting DevOps

What is included in the course price?

• Access to DevOps pre-class reading
• Learner manual
• Valuable sample documents and templates
• Participation in practical in-class assignments
• Study aids, sample exam and exam preparation guidance and tips In-class examination or web examination (virtual classroom)
• Exam and certification fee

Exam

• One hour ‘closed book’ with 40 multiple choice questions
• The pass mark is 65% (26/40).
• Leads to the DevOps Foundation certificate.