Course Description

Goals:

After having completed the DASA DevOps Fundamentals certification, participants will be able to:

  • Participate successfully in the DevOps transformation within the organization by sharing a common understanding and vocabulary required for DevOps ways of working.
  • Define and discuss the key concepts and principles of DevOps.
  • Explain the core elements of a DevOps culture and its importance.
  • Discuss the importance of automation and ways to implement it in the product life cycle.
  • Describe how DevOps relates to Lean and Agile methodologies.
  • Discuss metrics and success factors for DevOps transformations.
  • Get insight into the various organizational DevOps models and related architectures.
  • Explain the importance of sharing responsibility, knowledge and ways of working to enable successful collaboration.
  • Identify the available resources of DASA guidance as an enabler of your DevOps implementation plan.

Audience:

Product owners, Project managers, IT Pros, IT managers, Analysts, IT developers and engineers, DevOps engineers, testers, release managers and engineers

You will learn

Define the central idea and the business benefits of DevOps.

Explain the Three Ways of DevOps: flow, feedback, and continuous learning and experimentation.

Explain the key DevOps principles

Identify the important aspects of implementing a DevOps culture.

Identify the role of leadership in a DevOps environment.

Describe the impact of automation on software delivery processes.

Explain the key principles of Continuous Delivery.

State the key benefits of Continuous Delivery.

Describe the role of modern infrastructure and cloud in the DevOps world

Explain the basic concepts of Lean methodology and its relation to DevOps.

Explain the basic concepts of Agile development and its relation to DevOps.

Explain the need for DevOps organizations to be product-centric rather than project-centric.

Explain the basic concepts of ITSM and its relation to DevOps.

Identify the key concepts and practices in SRE.

Explain the principles of Value Management in a Lean DevOps context.

Explain the various aspects of measurement in DevOps organizations, including value, goals and objectives, indicators and metrics, and compliancy.

Describe the key steps involved in driving adoption of DevOps within an organization, including formulating a vision statement, identifying goals and objectives, and defining measures, indicators, and metrics to measure success.

Explain the significance of having T-shaped profiles to enable sharing.

Describe the behaviors expected of DevOps teams.

Explain the ways of providing autonomy to DevOps teams.

Explain the role of IT architecture in enabling information sharing.

Explain the strategies for scaling DevOps and addressing associated challenges

Identify the components of DASA's talent portfolio

Prerequisites

No specific pre-requisites are required. Having basic experience in IT or working with IT would be an advantage.
Awareness with ITIL 4.0 Foundation training is an advantage, but not mandatory.

Course Program

  • Module 1. Introduction & course concepts

    • Introduction
    • Icebreaking
    • Course goals
    • Modern context
    • Certification
  • Module 2. Building the DevOps Context

    • Explain the evolution of DevOps.
    • Discuss the pitfalls of traditional ways of working in IT.
    • Discuss the challenges in breaking down the “Wall of Confusion” between teams.
    • Define the central idea and the business benefits of DevOps.
    • Explain the Three Ways of DevOps: flow, feedback, and continuous learning and experimentation.
    • Explain the key DevOps principles defined by DASA
  • Module 3. Culture

    • Describe the DevOps culture.
    • Explain the core elements of a DevOps culture.
    • Identify the important aspects of implementing a DevOps culture.
    • Identify the role of leadership in a DevOps environment.
  • Module 4. Automation

    • Explain the importance of automation to improve the production cycle for higher value and quality.
    • Describe the impact of automation on software delivery processes.
    • Explain the key principles of Continuous Delivery.
    • State the key benefits of Continuous Delivery.
    • Describe the role of modern infrastructure and cloud in the DevOps world.
  • Module 5. Lean

    • Explain the basic concepts of Lean methodology and its relation to DevOps.
    • Explain the basic concepts of Agile development and its relation to DevOps.
    • Discuss the various values and principles of the Agile Manifesto.
    • Explain the need for DevOps organizations to be product-centric rather than project-centric.
    • Explain the basic concepts of ITSM and its relation to DevOps.
    • Identify the key concepts and practices in SRE.
    • Explain the principles of Value Management in a Lean DevOps context.
  • Module 6. Measurement

    • Explain the various aspects of measurement in DevOps organizations, including value, goals and objectives, indicators and metrics, and compliancy.
    • Describe the key steps involved in driving adoption of DevOps within an organization, including formulating a vision statement, identifying goals and objectives, and defining measures, indicators, and metrics to measure success.
    • Identify the leading indicators and top practices that correlate with IT performance in DevOps organizations
    • Explain the importance of continuous monitoring in DevOps organizations to ensure transparency and enable the "Plan, Do, Check, Act" rules of continuous improvement, and to provide faster, better, and integrated feedback and alerts for identifying and eliminating potential problems and root causes.
  • Module 7. Sharing

    • Describe how DevOps organizations are structured across Product teams and Platform teams.
    • Explain the significance of having T-shaped profiles to enable sharing.
    • Describe the behaviors expected of DevOps teams.
    • Explain the ways of providing autonomy to DevOps teams.
    • Explain the role of IT architecture in enabling information sharing.
    • Discuss the strategies for scaling DevOps and addressing associated challenges
  • Module 8. DASA Guidance

    • Identify the four pillars of DASA strategy
    • Identify the components of DASA's talent portfolio
    • Identify the components of DASA guidance portfolio
    • Identify the different communities created and managed by DASA
    • Know the ways in which DASA offers recognition to organizations and individuals
    • Identify the next steps to build individual competency and team competency using DASA products
  • Module 9. Exam Preparation Guide

    • Preparation procedure
    • Register for exam
    • Mock Exam
    • Q&A Discussion

Course duration in hours:

16 hours

Course Schedule

  • Trainer

    Danil Dintsis

    Date

    Any convenient date

    Training format

    Place of study

    Online, from a convenient location

    Language

    English

    Price

    2460 ₪

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