DevOps Foundation® training courses (London)

Course details

Learning outcomes

This 2-day DevOps Foundation course provides you with a basic understanding of DevOps practices and helps prepare you to sit the DevOps Foundation certificate.

Who should attend?

• People requiring an overview of DevOps; or,
• Software development team members; or,
• IT Operations team members; or,
• IT Operations Managers or IT Project Managers; or,
• Aspiring DevOps Engineers.

Structure

The course lasts 2 days with the Foundation exam on the 2nd afternoon. The topics covered include:

• What is DevOps?
• DevOps Principles
• DevOps Practices
• Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery
• DevOps and other IT frameworks
• DevOps values – culture, automation, measurement, sharing
• DevOps in the enterprise
• Challenges and risks of implementing DevOps

What is DevOps?

DevOps defined

It can be difficult to find a DevOps definition anywhere. However, DevOps is a culture which aims to improve the flow of work when developing software or IT solutions.

Brings together Dev and Ops

As its name suggests, DevOps works by combining the normally disparate and dysfunctional software development and IT operations departments. Combining the two enables better collaboration, meaning software or IT solutions can be delivered rapidly and at a better standard of quality. This in turn delivers a better business service for the customer.

Automation

Derived from Agile philosophies, DevOps achieves such high-quality and speed with a set of practices designed to establish better collaboration and communication between teams. The product being developed undergoes continuous monitoring, testing and deployment using a high level of automation using tools such as Puppet, Chef and Jenkins.

Continuous feedback

Feedback is also continuous between all parties involved, meaning the team can always allow for improvements and the customer’s needs.

Culture

DevOps requires organisations to break old habits and change their entire culture. However, because of its focus on continuous delivery, DevOps is also very powerful when used alongside agile, lean or ITIL methods.

DevOps certification

There are quite a few levels to DevOps certification, and DevOps Foundation is the pre-requisite for many of these qualifications.

• DevOps Foundation® - Suitable for anyone requiring an overview of DevOps, especially those who deliver software or IT solutions, and current/aspiring DevOps engineers.
• DevOps Leader® - 90-minute exam, 40 multiple choice questions. You must score 65% or more to pass. Suitable for anyone responsible for leading a DevOps transformation, like consultants, DevOps engineers, or IT managers.
• DevSecOps Engineering℠- 90-minute exam, 40 multiple choice questions. You must score 65% or more to pass. Suitable for IT security staff and anyone else involved in DevOps cyber security.
• DevOps Test Engineering® - 90-minute exam, 40 multiple-choice questions. You must score 65% or more to pass. Suitable for anyone involved in DevOps testing.
• Continuous Delivery Architecture℠ - 90-minute exam, 40 multiple choice questions. You must score 65% or more to pass. Suitable for IT professionals wanting to learn about continuous integration and delivery.
• Certified Agile Service Manager® - 1-hour exam, 40 multiple choice questions. You must score 65% or more to pass. Suitable for anyone requiring an overview of agile service management.
• Certified Agile Process Owner® - 1-hour exam, 40 multiple choice questions. You must score 65% ore more correct to pass. Suitable for process owners/managers, and anyone responsible for designing, improving or engineering processes.

DevOps resources

DevOps is growing in popularity. Many large tech companies, like Amazon, have adopted it. As more companies realize the benefits of adopting DevOps, knowledge of the method will become essential. If you currently work in software development or IT operations, then now is the time to upskill and start learning about DevOps. This will future-proof your CV and skillset.

If you want to learn a bit more about DevOps but aren’t yet ready to take the plunge and take a course, we’ve put together a few DevOps resources for you.

This DevOps ebook explains what DevOps is all about.

This DevOps careers ebook explains what careers are available in DevOps and how to kickstart your DevOps career.

And finally, if you want to do some serious reading about DevOps, take your pick from our Top 10 DevOps books.

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