This training course provides candidates with an overview of DevOps and helps candidates support organisational efforts in reducing application (and virtual infrastructure) delivery costs while increasing agility, quality and customer service.

Our trainers explain and provide case studies, real-world success stories, and metrics to demonstrate business success in this foundation-level course to support digital transformation.  

As organisations 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 organisational success.

The course includes the latest thinking, principles and practices from the DevOps community including real-world case studies from high performing organisations including ING Bank, Ticketmaster, Capital One, Alaska Air, Target, Societe Generale, and Disney. The course engages 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 digital transformation.

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.

Duration

• 2 days, or

• 3 days including additional recap, exam preparation and workshops pertaining to your real world application build, test, release & deployment practices.

Outcomes and benefits include:

• Establishes a common language for DevOps/CI-CD within organisations and across customers, partners, and suppliers.

• Provides a practical understanding of how value is created through deployment pipeline optimisation.

• Supports a holistic and adaptable approach to DevOps, focusing on people, process and technology practices.

• Enables application of best practice guidance to optimise application delivery cost, speed and quality (‘better, faster and cheaper’).

• Provides a solid foundation and clear pathways for ongoing professional development.

• A 60-minute, 40 question, multiple-choice exam.

• Administered by an independent examination body, PeopleCert.

• A pass mark of 65% is required to receive your certificate.

The exam is provided as an online examination voucher, upon completing your course you will receive an email from PeopleCert with information on how to register and schedule your exam. The examination is 60 minutes, please allow for an additional 30 minutes for set up and authentication. You will require a photo identification, quiet space, webcam, speakers and a reliable internet connection.

The exam schedule is available 24/7 so you can sit your exam at a time that suits you. Your voucher will be valid for 12 months, we do recommend you complete your examination as close to the course date as you can – this is when the information is fresh and relevant.

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.

There are no mandatory prerequisites. Work experience in Design, Development, Testing or Operations is recommended.