DevOps Foundation (DOFD)®
 
Course Description
 
DURATION - 16 Hours
 
Learn about DevOps to support organizational efforts in reducing costs while increasing agility, quality and customer service; leverage case studies, real- world success stories, and metrics to demonstrate business success in this foundation-level course to support digital transformation.
 
OVERVIEW
As organizations are facing new entrants in their respective markets, they need to stay competitive and release new and updated products on a regular basis rather than one or two times a year.
 
The DevOps Foundation course provides a baseline understanding of key DevOps terminology to ensure everyone is talking the same language and highlights the benefits of DevOps to support organizational success.
 
The course includes the latest thinking, principles and practices from the DevOps community including real-world case studies from high performing organizations including ING Bank, Ticketmaster, Capital One, Alaska Air, Target, Fannie Mae, Societe Generale, and Disney that engage and inspire learners, leveraging multimedia and interactive exercises that bring the learning experience to life, including the Three Ways as highlighted in the Phoenix Project by Gene Kim and the latest from the State of DevOps and DevOps Institute Upskilling reports.
 
Learners will gain an understanding of DevOps, the cultural and professional movement that stresses communication, collaboration, integration, and automation to improve the flow of work between software developers and IT operations professionals.
 
The course is designed for a broad audience, enabling those on the business side to obtain an understanding of microservices and containers. Those on the technical side will obtain an understanding as to the business value of DevOps to reduce cost (15-25% overall IT cost reduction) with increased quality (50-70% reduction in change failure rate) and agility (up to 90% reduction in provision and deployment time) to support business objectives in support of digital transformation initiatives.
 
Unique and exciting exercises will be used to apply the concepts covered in the course and sample documents, templates, tools, and techniques will be provided to use after the class.
 
This certification positions learners to successfully complete the DevOps Foundation examination.
 
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The learning objectives for DevOps Foundation include an understanding of:
DevOps objectives and vocabulary
Benefits to the business and IT
Principles and practices including 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
Critical success factors and key performance indicators
Real-life examples and results
 
AUDIENCE
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
 
LEARNER MATERIALS
Sixteen (16) hours of instructor-led training and exercise facilitation
Learner Manual (excellent post-class reference)
Participation in unique exercises designed to apply concepts
Sample documents, templates, tools and techniques
Access to additional value-added resources and communities
 
PREREQUISITES
Familiarity with IT terminology and IT related work experience are recommended.

CERTIFICATION EXAM
Successfully passing (65%) the 60-minute examination, consisting of 40 multiple-choice questions, leads to the DevOps Foundation Certificate. The certification is governed and maintained by the DevOps Institute.
 
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Exploring DevOps
Defining DevOps
Why Does DevOps Matter?
 
Module 2: Core DevOps Principles
The Three Ways
The First Way
The Theory of Constraints
The Second Way
The Third Way
Chaos Engineering
Learning Organizations
 
Module 3: Key DevOps Practices
Continuous Testing, Integration, Delivery, Deployment
Site Reliability & Resilience Engineering
DevSecOps
ChatOps
Kanban
 
Module 4: Business and Technology Frameworks
Agile
ITSM
Lean
Safety Culture
Learning Organizations
Continuous Funding
 
Module 5: Culture, Behaviors & Operating Models
Defining Culture
Cultural Debt
Behavioral Models
Organizational maturity models
 
Module 6: Automation & Architecting DevOps Toolchains
CI/CD
Cloud, Containers, and Microservices
AI and Machine Learning
Automation
DevOps Toolchains
 
Module 7: Measurement, Metrics, and Reporting
The Importance of Measurement
DevOps Metrics - Speed, Quality, Stability, Culture
Change lead/cycle time
Value Driven Metrics
 
Module 8: Sharing, Shadowing and Evolving
DevOps in the Enterprise
Roles
DevOps Leadership
Organizational Considerations
Getting Started
Challenges, Risks, and Critical Success Factors