Course details

Overview

Content

Training Methodology

Overview ?

Introduction

DevOps Foundation course provides the definitive introduction to DevOps – the cultural and professional movement that stresses communication, collaboration, integration and automation in order to improve the flow of work between software developers and IT operations professionals. Improved workflows will result in an improved ability to design, develop, deploy and operate software and services faster.

Who should attend

The DevOps Foundation course is designed for:

Individuals and organisations seeking a foundational understanding of DevOps
Employees and managers responsible for designing, reengineering or improving process
Consultants guiding their clients through process improvement initiatives
Internal and external suppliers
Process stakeholders

Course contents

1. Course Introduction

Course Goals
Course Agenda

2. Why DevOps?

The Business Perspective
The IT Perspective
Dev and Ops Stereotypes: Perceptions and Realities

3. What is DevOps?

DevOps Introduction
DevOps Stakeholders
DevOps Goals
DevOps Values
DevOps Business Value
What DevOps is NOT
Who’s Doing DevOps
Enterprise DevOps

4. DevOps and Other Frameworks

DevOps and IT Performance
DevOps and Automation
Measuring DevOps Success
DevOps Principles
DevOps Patterns
DevOps and Other Frameworks
- DevOps and Agile
- DevOps and Lean
- DevOps and IT Service Management

5. DevOps Culture

Understanding Organisational Culture
Characteristics of Organisational Culture
Characteristics of a DevOps Culture
Managing Culture Change

6. DevOps Organisational Considerations

DevOps Skills
DevOps Teams
DevOps Organisational Structures
DevOps Roles
Promoting Collaboration
Improving Communication

7. DevOps Practices

Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Deployment
Value Stream Mapping
Kanban
Theory of Constraints
Experimentation and Learning
The Deming Cycle
Improvement Kata
Preparing for Failure
ITSM Process Improvement Practices

8. DevOps Automation Practices and Tool Categories

DevOps Automation Practices
Where to Begin
Application Life Concerns and Tool
Categories

9. Adopting a DevOps Culture

Getting Started
Challenges, Risks and Critical Success Factors

10. Summary and Exam Preparations

Additional Sources of Information
Exam Requirements, Question
Weighting and Terminology List
Sample Exam Review

Day 1

Asset Cost Management Introduction

Definitions of reliability, maintenance & asset management
The total cost of maintenance
Best practice reliability and maintenance processes
Elements of asset management best practice
Auditing performance
Overview of TPM, RCM, BCM, QCM, and other asset management buzzword
Open discussion sessions

Day 2

Laying the Groundwork

Day 3

Applying the Value based Process

Day 4

Ensuring the Continuity of the Value-based Process

Day 5

Supporting Process that Lower Life-cycle costs

Training Methodology

Pathways Training and consulting adopts the newest techniques of human resources Training and consulting and, with the following:

Theoretical lectures are delivered via PowerPoint and visual displays (videos and short films)
Making scientific evaluation to the trainee (before and after)
Brainstorming and role-playing
Using case studies related to the scientific material being delivered and the trainees' work.
The participants get the scientific and practical material printed and on CDs and Flash memories.
Preparing records and reports of the participants' attendance and results, with a general evaluation of the training program.
A group of the best trainers and experts in all fields and specialties professionally prepares the scientific material.
After finishing the course, the participants get certificates of attendance signed, certified, and issued by pathways Training and consulting.
Our training programs start at 9:00 o'clock in the morning and end at 2:00 in the afternoon, with snack buffet during the lectures.
Providing a lunch buffet during the training program period, with organizing a lunch party on the training program final day for taking some photos and certificate awarding.