DASA DEVOPS FUNDAMENTALS™

Don’t get left behind as the industry moves on from traditional System admin roles. 38% of IT recruiters want to hire for DevOps skills, and 28% of them have difficulties hiring the DevOps expertise they need. The average salary of a professional working in a DevOps Team is $75,000.

DASA DevOps Fundamentals course offers a solid foundation for everyone in the organizations and opens entire new job markets for career changers. The course aims to standardize the team’s knowledge and skills required to function effectively and helps you communicate with the team by understanding the common DevOps vocabulary such as CI/CD, test-driven development, cross-functional teams, and iterative development.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the drivers responsible for the emergence of DevOps.
• Define and discuss the key concepts and principles of DevOps.
• List and explain the business benefits of DevOps and continuous delivery.
• Describe the Service Delivery process.
• Explain the concepts of test automation, infrastructure automation, and build and deployment automation.
• Describe how DevOps relates to Lean and Agile methodologies.
• Summarize case studies of IT organizations that are making the transformation to Adaptive IT and DevOps models.
• List the most common and popular DevOps tools.
• Discuss the critical success factors for DevOps implementation.

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Let’s Get to Know Each Other
• Module Objectives
• Module Topics
• DASA DevOps Fundamentals - An Introduction
• DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA)
• Module Summary

Module 2: DevOps Introduction

• Module Objectives
• Module Topics
• DevOps Evolution
• Key Concepts of DevOps
• DASA DevOps Principles
• Module Summary
• Module End Questions

Module 3: Culture

• Module Objectives
• Module Topics
• Embracing a DevOps Culture
• Core Elements of a DevOps Culture
• Implementation of a DevOps Culture
• Module Summary
• Module End Questions

Module 4: Organization

• Module Objectives
• Module Topics
• Business Structurel 
• Autonomy in Teams
• DevOps Impact on Architecture
• DevOps Governance 
• Module Summary
• Module End Questions

Module 5: Processes

• Module Objectives
• Module Topics
• Process Basics
• DevOps in Relation to ITSM
• Agile and Scrum
• Optimizing Processes Using Lean
• Business Value Optimization and Business Analysis Using Story Mapping
• Module Summary
• Module End Questions

Module 6: Automation

• Module Objectives
• 6A Automation Concepts Topics
• Software  Delivery Automation Concepts
• Continuous Delivery Core Concepts
• Continuous Delivery Automation Concepts
• Continuous Delivery Automation Focus Topics
• 6B Data Center Automation Topics
• Cloud Technology and Principles
• Cloud Services Concepts in a DevOps Organization
• Module Summary
• Module End Questions

Module 7: Measure and Improvement

• Module Objectives
• Module Topics
• Importance of Measurement
• Choosing the Right Metrics
• Monitoring and Logging
• Module Summary
• Module End Questions

• Individuals involved in IT development, IT operations, or IT service management
• Individuals whose role are touched by DevOps and continuous delivery, such as the following IT roles:
  • DevOps engineers
  • Product owners
  • Integration specialists
  • Operations managers
  • Incident and change managers
  • System administrators
  • Network administrators
  • Business managers
  • Automation architects
  • Enterprise architects
  • Testers

N.B. Basic familiarity with Agile, Scrum, Lean, and ITSM principles is beneficial

The DevOps Fundamentals exams are delivered by DASA through the DASA Talent Academy platform.

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Possessing some basic knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Lean, and ITSM principle is recommended but not required for the completion of the certification.

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