DevOps Fundamentals

3 Days

18 CPD hours

Individuals involved in IT development, IT operations or IT service management;
Those whose role is touched by DevOps and continuous delivery, such as the following IT roles: DevOps engineers, Product owners
Integration specialists, Operations managers, Incident & change managers,
System administrators, Network administrators,
Business managers, Automation architects,
Enterprise architects, Testers

Know the emergence of DevOps
Know the core concepts and principles of DevOps
Know what DevOps means for you as professional and for your organization
Know the essence of a DevOps culture
Understand the key elements of a DevOps culture
Know the important aspects when creating a DevOps culture
Know the Operational models of DevOps
Understand the need for autonomous teams
Understand the impact of DevOps on Architecture with respect to deployment
Understand governance within DevOps teams
Understand Agile, Scrum and Kanban and how these practices relate to one another
Understand how ITSM processes relate to practices in a DevOps culture
Understand how lean is used to optimise processes
Know how to provide a Value Stream Map for a given process
Understand the way to harvest new and innovative ideas
Know the impact of automation on Software Delivery processes
Understand the benefits and core principles of Continuous Delivery
Describe the key cloud principles for DevOps organisations
Know the relevance of monitoring and logging DevOps

This course is designed to provide the core education necessary to build your DevOps vocabulary and to understand its principles and practices. With the help of key DevOps concepts and terminology, real-life case studies, examples and interactive group discussions and extensive exercises in each module you will acquire a fundamental understanding of DevOps.

Introduction

• Let?s Get to Know Each Other
• Overview
• Course Objectives
• Mapping of the Competence Model with the Course Modules
• Course Agenda
• Type of Activities
• Exam
• Course Book
• Technical Glossary
• Group Activity
• Module Summary

DevOps Introduction

• Module Objectives
• Module Topics
• Emergence of DevOps
• Core Concepts of DevOps
• DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA)
• Module Summary
• Module End Questions

Culture

• Module Objectives
• Module Topics
• Essence of a DevOps Culture
• Key Elements of DevOps
• Implementation of a DevOps Culture
• Module Summary
• Module End Questions

Organization

• Module Objectives
• Module Topics
• Organizational Model
• Autonomous Teams
• Architecting for DevOps
• Governance
• Module Summary
• Module End Questions

Processes

• Module Objectives
• Module Topics
• Process Basics
• DevOps in Relation to ITSM
• Agile and Scrum
• 12 Principles of the Agile Manifesto
• Optimizing Processes Using Lean
• Business Value Optimization and Business Analysis Using Story Mapping
• Module Summary
• Module End Questions

Automation

• Module Objectives
• 6A Automation Concepts
• Automation for Delivery of Software
• Continuous Delivery Core Concepts
• Continuous Delivery Automation Concepts
• Continuous Delivery Automation Focus Topics
• 6B Data Center Automation
• Emergence of Cloud Technology and Principles
• Cloud Services Concepts in a DevOps Organization
• Automated Provisioning Concepts
• Platform Product Characteristics and Application Maturity
• Module Summary
• Module End Questions

Measure and Improvement

• Module Objectives
• Module Topics
• Importance of Measurement
• Choosing the Right Metrics
• Monitoring and Logging
• Module Summary
• Module End Questions