Upskill your knowledge of software development, delivery, and operations with our DevOps Foundation® course. The course empowers you with a comprehensive understanding of DevOps culture, processes, and cutting-edge technologies, including the latest concepts of AIOps, DevSecOps, Value Stream Management, Platform Engineering, and Generative AI. Use this course to gain skills and knowledge to streamline workflows, enhance security, and transform innovation for your organisation.
This 2-day course positions learners to successfully complete the DevOps Foundation® examination.
Course Overview
As organisations face new entrants in their respective markets, they must stay competitive and release new and updated products regularly rather than once or two times a year. DevOps Institute’s DevOps Foundation® is a freestanding certification from PeopleCert. The purpose of the certification and its associated course is to impart, test and validate knowledge of DevOps basic vocabulary, principles and practices. The vocabulary terms, concepts and practices are documented in the course learner materials. DevOps Foundation® is intended to provide individuals with an understanding of basic DevOps concepts and how DevOps may be used to improve communication, collaboration and integration between software developers and IT operations professionals.
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, 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. This course offers theoretical insights and practical use cases to transform your career and elevate your organisation's performance.
Learn the basic DevOps concepts, principles, and practices needed to deliver high-quality software solutions quickly, exceed customer expectations, and outpace competitors. Learners will understand 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. 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.
The course is designed for a broad audience, enabling those on the business side to understand 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.
Learning Outcomes
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, AIOps, Generative AI, Lean, ITSM, VSM, SRE and Platform Engineering
- Improved workflows, communication and feedback loops
- Automation practices including deployment pipelines and DevOps toolchains, AIOps and Generative AI use cases
- Scaling DevOps for large organisations
- Critical success factors and key performance indicators
- AI Use cases
- Real-life examples and results
Who should attend
The target audience for the DevOps Foundation® course includes Management, Operations, Developers, QA, and Security 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, Security Professionals.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course. Familiarity with IT terminology and IT related work experience are recommended.
Exam & Certification
This course prepares participants for the examination leading to the DevOps Foundation® certification:
- A 60-minute, 40 question, multiple-choice, *open book exam is administered by an independent examination body, PeopleCert.
- A passing mark of 65% is required to receive your certificate.
- *Only official training materials from an authorised training organisation may be used.
This DevOps Institute certification is governed and maintained by PeopleCert. The exam is provided as an online examination voucher on the first day of 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.
Course Material & Inclusions
This course comes with access to PeopleCert’s official training e-materials. The Learner Kit includes:
- Learner Workbook for students to download, or view on laptop or tablet devices (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
DevOps Foundation® online exam voucher, valid for 12-months, plus a complimentary DevOps Foundation® exam re-sit if you miss out on passing your certification the first time (must be a 'failed' attempt for the Take2 to be activated).
Recent customers
An amazing instructor who explained the content very clearly and at a very good pace. This was a good balance and approach. I found the worked examples very practical and very relatable to the Defence industry sector I work in.
Really good facilitation, kept me interested and shared so many practical applications.
Gave me a better understanding of concepts, theories and tools to formalise and improve my current relationship management.
The instructor was very professional and was able to explain each area thoroughly and is available for Q&A.
Learnt a lot that we can implement or improve on in our organisation. The presenter was clear, precise and could relate difficult concepts into language and scenarios we could relate to. Everyone came away from the course feeling that had learnt something valuable.
Catholic Education, Brisbane
The examples provided by the instructor as we were covering of material, made everything make sense. This helped during the exam. Pat was fantastic and engaging. Kept everyone on their toes and ensured he took the time to explain anything we were not clear on.
BAI Communications
The instructor was great and very interactive. He made sure we understood the material and gave ample opportunity for us to ask questions. He provided great examples which tied everything in.
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