Short summary

This 1-day Certified DevOps Essentials course provides the basic knowledge that comes with DevOps. The term is widely used and often misunderstood. Following the course and passing the exam will help set the stage for organizational transformations in software development. This tool-agnostic course helps to understand the principles and practices used within DevOps adoption throughout the journey. It will also serve as a base for future Certified DevOps trainings.

The Learning Objectives support knowledge about the basic principles and practices of DevOps and are used to create the examination for achieving the Certified DevOps Essentials. The topics covered are divided into four DevOps Modules:

DevOps module 1: Exploring DevOps

1. Understanding what DevOps is
2. Understanding what DevOps is not
3. The history of DevOps
4. Understanding it starts with a vision

DevOps module 2: Understanding DevOps Principles

1. The three ways
2. The theory of constraints
3. Value Stream Mapping
4. Improvement Kata

DevOps module 3: Understanding DevOps Practices

1. Continuous Everything
2. Security
3. Architecture
4. Design & Programming
5. ChatOps

DevOps module 4: Understanding Technology impact

1. Understanding the levels, ways and considerations for automation
2. Applying DevOps metrics
3. Exploring DevOps tools

Target audience

The target audience includes anyone who wants to learn more about DevOps, including, though not limited to:

• Development teams
• DevOps engineers
• Site reliability engineers
• Testing and Automation engineers
• Infrastructure Architects
• Integration Specialists
• IT Operations
• IT Directors and Managers
• Product Owners, Scrum Masters and, Agile and Lean Coaches
• Project Managers
• Release Engineers
• System Administrators and Engineers

Certification

Training and certification exam are offered as a package. This means the training includes one exam sitting. You will take the exam through our partner iSQI. The exam consists of 40 multiple choice questions, which have to be answered within an hour. To obtain the DevOps Essentials certificate, you must demonstrate your knowledge by passing the exam with a score of 65% or higher (26 correct answers or more). After passing, iSQI will provide you with the certificate.