Genesis of DevOps

• Context.
• The reality of companies.
• The Business perspective.
• The IT perspective.
• Dev and Ops stereotypes: Perceptions and realities.
• The DevOps movement.

DevOps - General overview

• Definitions of DevOps concepts.
• What is DevOps? Its objectives, stakeholders, value to the company.
• What isn't DevOps?
• DevOps and IT performance (Agility and stability).
• IT performance measurement indicators.
• DevOps and automation (why is automation possible? The benefits).
• DevOps and other frameworks (Agile, Lean, ITIL®).

The principles and values of DevOps

• Principles. The three paths: Workflow, feedback, continuous experimentation and learning.
• Values. CALMS: Culture, Automation, Lean, Measurement, Sharing.

DevOps culture

• Understanding DevOps culture.
• Its characteristics: Transparency, shared vision, trust, continual improvement, etc.
• Managing the change in culture.
• Setting up the DevOps culture. Where to start? Risks, success factors.
• Measuring the success of DevOps.

DevOps and the organization

• Skills.
• Organizational structures.
• Roles and responsibilities.
• Promoting collaboration and improving communication.

DevOps practices

• Continuous integration and delivery.
• Continuous deployment.
• VSM (Value Stream Mapping), Kanban.
• Theory of constraints.
• Feedback: Dashboards, post-mortems, etc.
• The Deming cycle (PDCA), “Improvement Kata”.
• Preparing for failure.
• Improving ITSM processes.

DevOps and tools

• DevOps automation practices.
• Concerns and categories of DevOps tools.

Preparing for and taking the test

• Advice for the exam.
• Mock exam with commented correction.
• Simulation of exam conditions.
• Taking the DevOps Foundation certification exam from the DevOps Institute.