DevOps Foundation

DevOps Foundation

Course Overview:

The DevOps Foundation® course is designed to provide learners with a comprehensive introduction to the DevOps philosophy, covering its core principles, essential practices, and relevant frameworks. It kicks off with lessons defining DevOps and exploring its significance in the modern tech landscape. Learners will delve into the Three Ways of DevOps, understand the Theory of Constraints, and learn about Chaos Engineering and the attributes of Learning Organizations. Through the course, participants will also engage with key DevOps practices such as Continuous Delivery, Site Reliability Engineering, DevSecOps, and more. They will study various business and technology frameworks including Agile and Lean, and examine cultural aspects and behaviors crucial to DevOps transformation.

The curriculum further includes automation strategies, constructing DevOps toolchains, and leveraging metrics for improvement. Finally, the course emphasizes the importance of collaboration, leadership, and continuous evolution in the DevOps journey. By enrolling in DevOps foundations classes, learners will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute to and lead successful DevOps initiatives within their organizations.

Prerequisite:

To ensure participants can fully benefit from the DevOps Foundation® course, the following prerequisites are recommended:

Basic understanding of IT and software development terms and methodologies.
Familiarity with general concepts in software delivery, such as version control, code repository, and deployment.
Awareness of the need for improved IT service delivery speed and quality.
An open mind and a willingness to learn about collaborative and iterative IT development and operations practices.

Please note that the DevOps Foundation® course is designed to be accessible to a wide range of professionals, including those who are new to DevOps concepts. No advanced technical skills or previous experience with DevOps practices are required. The course aims to provide a foundational understanding of DevOps principles and practices, and it will prepare you for further learning and implementation in your organization.

Duration:

Full 2 Days (16 Hours)

Target Audience for DevOps Foundation:

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

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

Understand the definition and significance of DevOps in enhancing collaboration between development and operations teams.
Grasp the core principles of DevOps, including the Three Ways: Flow, Feedback, and Continual Learning and Experimentation.
Apply the Theory of Constraints to identify and address bottlenecks in the software development process.
Explore key practices such as Continuous Delivery, Site Reliability Engineering, and DevSecOps to enhance deployment frequency and service reliability.
Analyze and implement various business and technology frameworks like Agile, Lean, and ITSM that support DevOps initiatives.
Assess the impact of organizational culture on DevOps adoption and learn how to foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
Design and automate a DevOps toolchain incorporating Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), cloud technologies, and Containerization.
Define relevant technical and business metrics for measuring the success of DevOps practices and learn how to effectively report these metrics.
Embrace collaborative platforms and immersive learning to facilitate knowledge sharing and a culture of openness within the organization.
Develop leadership skills for driving and managing change in a DevOps transformation journey.

What You’ll Learn:

  • DevOps concepts and terminology
  • Core DevOps Principles
  • Key DevOps Practices
  • Business and Technology Frameworks
  • Culture, Behaviors and Operating Models
  • Automation and Architecting DevOps Toolchains
  • Measurement, Metrics, and Reporting
  • Sharing, Shadowing and Evolving

Benefits for Organizations:

  • Shorter development cycles, faster innovation
  • Reduced deployment failures, rollbacks, and time to recover
  • Improved communication and collaboration
  • Increased efficiencies
  • Reduced costs and IT headcount

Benefits for Individuals:

  • Common DevOps concepts and terminology
  • Benefits to the business and IT
  • 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
  • Demonstrate entry-level of DevOps knowledge

Course Outline:

The course will be covered:

  • Course Introduction
  • What is DevOps?
  • Why DevOps? Why Now?
  • The Business Perspective
  • IT Perspective
  • DevOps Principals
  • DevOps Practices
  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
  • Other DevOps Practices
  • DevOps and Other IT Frameworks
  • DevOps Value – Culture
  • DevOps Value – Automation
  • DevOps Value – Measurement
  • DevOps Value – Sharing
  • DevOps in the Enterprise
  • Organizational Considerations
  • Getting Started
  • Challenges, Risk, and Critical Success Factors

About Us

For the focus on powerful enablers such as “Adaptability” and “Transformability” we have hand picked our team, full of subject matter experts from various walks of life; however their objective is not really to share what they know but to understand fully what is actually needed, and then, devise methods to genuinely fulfil it

With our collective mindset that is Progressive, Customer centric and with an unstinting zeal to Outperform it is certain that we can create ‘true value’ for our Partners, Customers and Benefactors.

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