DASA Devops Fundamentals

Professionals involved in IT developments, IT operations or IT service management

Professionals who have to deal with DevOps and continuous delivery, such as: DevOps engineers, Product owners, Integration specialists, Operations managers, Change managers, System administrators, Incident & Network administrators, Business managers, Automation architects and enterprise architects

After completion of the course, students will be familiar with the following aspects of DevOps:

 Core concepts

• The rise of DevOps
• Core concepts and principles of DevOps
• Meaning of DevOps as a professional for you and for your organization

 Culture

• The essence of a DevOps culture
• The most important elements of a DevOps culture
• The important aspects in creating a DevOps culture

 Organization

• The operational models of DevOps
• The need for autonomous teams
• The impact of DevOps on Architecture in relation to deployment
• Governance within DevOps teams

 Processes

• Relations between Agile, Scrum and Kanban
• ITSM processes relating to the practices in a DevOps culture
• Use of lean to optimize processes
• Delivering a Value Stream Folder for a particular process
• Initiating new and innovative ideas

 Automation

• The impact of automation on Software Delivery processes
• The benefits and core principles of Continuous Delivery
• The main cloud principles for DevOps organizations

 Measuring & Improvements

• Importance of monitoring and logging of DevOps

In the training covers the following topics:

Module 1: Introduction

Module 2: DevOps Introduction

• Emergence of DevOps
• Core concepts of DevOps
• DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA)

 Module 3: Culture

• Introduction DevOps Culture
• Key elements of DevOps
• Implementation of a DevOps culture

 Module 4: Organization

• Organizational model
• Autonomous teams
• Architecture within DevOps
• Governance

 Module 5: Processes

• Defining Agile, Scrum and Kanban
• DevOps in relation to ITSM
• Scrum, in more detail
• Optimizing processes - Lean
• Business Value Optimization and Business Analysis - Story Mapping
• Software Delivery Lifecycle in a DevOps organization

 Module 6: Automation

6a. Automation Concepts

• Software Delivery Automation
• Continuous Delivery Core concepts
• Continuous Delivery Automation concepts
• Continuous Delivery Automation focus topics

6B. Data Centre Automation

• Emergence of Cloud technology and principles
• Cloud Services concepts in a DevOps organization
• Automated Provisioning concepts
• Platform Product Characteristics and Application Maturity

Module 7: measuring and improving

• Importance of Measurements
• Choosing the right Metrics
• Monitoring and Logging

 Tips for the exam

Sample exam

There are no specific pre-requisites

The exam is included. You will get a voucher at the end of the training, You may sit the exam at any time,  

Exam format:

• Closed book
• Web-Based
• 40 multiple-choice questions
• Passing Score: 65%
• Exam duration: 60 minutes