Combination: DevOps Foundation (DOFD)® & DevOps Leader (DOL) ® - eLearning

DevOps has become an essential and widely-utilized cultural and professional movement for optimizing development and operations practices. In organizations weighed down by inefficient, siloed project teams, DevOps can provide incredible boosts to productivity, collaboration, reliability, speed, and ROIs. Studying the approach is also a fantastic way for development, operations, testing, quality assurance (QA), and IT management staff to become highly employable DevOps engineers.

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DEVOPS FOUNDATION

Who is this course aimed at?

• Businesses and other organizations wishing to adopt the DevOps approach
• IT staff seeking to become part of DevOps teams or projects
• IT managers, project managers, and senior staff who wish to become certified in a world-class and highly recognized approach
• Experienced and prospective DevOps practitioners who wish to prove their knowledge by becoming certified

What will you learn by taking this course?

• The benefits of DevOps for managing IT development and operations
• How to apply the approach to real world-organizations, regardless of their size, location, sector, or industry
• How the approach can lead to higher-quality and more regularly-released code, products, and services
• How DevOps tools can be used to create automated operations and development processes, resulting in lower costs and increased reliability
• Everything needed to pass the official DevOps Foundation exam

DevOps Foundation (DOFD)®

Why should you take this course?

• DevOps is used to drive efficiency and reliability in businesses all over the world.
• Team members who collaborate and share knowledge from different departments can create DevOps cultures of continuous improvement.
• The tools and processes of the approach can help you release code, products, and services much faster than your competitors.
• This DevOps training course was built with unique input and insight from highly experienced practitioners.
• This DevOps certification course offers a practice exam simulator, regular knowledge checks, and fully qualified support to help students prepare for the exam.
• Worried about DevOps certification costs? Each student can enjoy 6 months access and a FREE exam voucher.
• The course is fully accredited by the DevOps Institute.

Course plan

An Introduction to DevOps Foundation®

This module introduces learners to the DevOps online training course, giving them a clear idea of what to expect from the beginning up until the examination.

Module 1: Exploring DevOps

This module will give learners a clear introduction to the core concepts and fundamentals of DevOps, along with its purpose and how what DevOps costs to implement can quickly be outweighed by the advantages it can offer software-driven organizations.

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

• Define DevOps
• Describe why it matters
• Describe the business relationship
• Describe the IT perspective

Module 2: Core Principles and Practices

Moving on from the introduction, this module will educate learners on DevOps’ practices and principles.

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

• Identify the three DevOps principles
• Describe the Theory of Constraints
• Describe the Second Way
• Describe the Third Way
• Identify DevOps practices
• List the continuous process
• Describe site reliability
• Describe DevSecOps
• Describe ChatOps and KanBan

Module 3: Business and Technology Frameworks

This module looks at the importance of business and technology frameworks for effective IT service management. It will also describe popular examples like Agile and Lean.

By the end of the module, learners will be able to describe:

• Frameworks
• Agile
• ITSM
• Lean
• Safety culture
• Learning organizations
• Types of funding

Module 4: Culture, Behavior, and Operating Models

This module examines the roles that organizational culture and behavior play in the successful use of operating models.

By the end of this module, learners will be able to describe:

• Culture, behavior and operating models
• The impact of organizational culture

Module 5: Automation and Architecting DevOps Toolchains

Automation and toolchains are both essential for using DevOps successfully. This module will examine the benefits that each of them has to offer.

By the end of this module, learners will be able to describe:

• DevOps automation and architecting toolchains
• DevOps toolchains

Module 6: Measures, Metrics and Reporting

This module looks at how to track and report on the metrics relating to DevOps.

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

• Describe measures, metrics, and reporting
• Define lead/ cycle times

Module 7: Sharing, Shadowing and Evolving

This module looks at the various roles associated with DevOps, as well as leadership, cultures, and the most important factors for ensuring success.

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

• Describe sharing, shadowing, and evolving
• List types of DevOps days
• Identify roles
• Describe DevOps leadership
• Describe organizational culture
• Define “start where you are”
• Describe critical success factors

Practice Exam Simulators Foundation Exam

These practice exams are designed to simulate the conditions that learners will face when taking the official DevOps Foundation examination. It will be well worth testing your knowledge before booking your exam, as it will give you the chance to highlight and revise any modules which you have been struggling with.

Be sure to spend enough time going through our DevOps online training resources to prepare yourself for the exam.

DevOps Leader (DOL)® eLearning

Why Should You Learn DevOps Leader (DOL)®?

The DOL® course provides fundamental knowledge of DevOps, enhancing team building, and transformation leadership skills, and it sets the groundwork for creating a positive DevOps culture.

DevOps has become synonymous with success in the digital sphere. Through collaboration, communication, automation, and a range of proven best-practices, the DevOps methodology re-energizes IT teams with greater efficiency, focus, and reliability. However, it takes an experienced and qualified DevOps practitioner for a company to take full advantage of the methodology. This DevOps Leader (DOL) course is ideal for training DevOps managers and senior DevOps engineers. It can also help DevOps practitioners to unlock significant career and networking opportunities. Kickstart your DevOps training today!

DevOps Leader (DOL)® Course Overview

DevOps Leader (DOL)®The DevOps Leader (DOL)® certification is a professional credential that signifies a person's competency in implementing DevOps principles and practices in an organization. This certification is all about transforming cultural norms and improving collaboration within teams and between departments, encouraging a culture of continuous learning and agility. It focuses on areas such as measurement, metrics, and sharing; change management; and facilitating team interaction. Industries widely use the DOL certification to validate an individual's ability to negotiate, influence, and drive DevOps concepts and changes. Certified DevOps leaders understand the infrastructure, security, and operations with a change-oriented mindset syncing developers’ and operators' goals.

Who is this course aimed at?

• Anybody who already has an understanding of DevOps and wants to take their knowledge further
• Anyone tasked with leading DevOps transformation projects, as well as managers interested in modern IT leadership practices
• IT managers, directors, and corporate stakeholders seeking a greater understanding of the DevOps methodology
• DevOps certified engineers and consultants seeking to expand their knowledge beyond DevOps Foundation and take the next step in their careers
• Anyone wanting to pass the official DevOps Leader (DOL) exam

What will you learn by taking this course?

• The practices, methods, and tools required to create a ‘DevOps Organization’
• The value of becoming DevOps certified
• Transformational leadership techniques
• How to ‘unlearn’ counterproductive behaviors
• Performance metrics, along with workflow organization and value stream mapping techniques
• How to apply and adapt DevOps, using real-world case studies as examples
• How to measure the tangible benefits of DevOps
• The differences between major IT management practices, including DevOps and Agile
• Everything required to pass the DevOps Leader examination

Why should you take this course?

• DevOps is currently one of the world’s most popular IT management methodologies. Becoming DevOps certified can greatly improve a candidate’s employability
• The course includes frequent knowledge checks, as well as an exam simulator to help students prepare for the official DevOps Leader examination
• There are no prerequisites for sitting the DevOps Leader exam
• The course includes interactive slides, tutor-led videos, and other training assets created with help from leading subject matter experts
• Each student can enjoy 6 months of access and a FREE exam voucher.

Course Plan

This module provides an introduction to the course, explaining its rationale, introducing the subject matter, and providing an overview of the ‘DevOps Leader’ syllabus. Students will also receive information on the DevOps exam and undertake several refresher exercises to remind them of what they learned with DevOps Foundation.

Module 1: Transformational Leadership

By the end of this module, learners should be able to:

• Define DevOps
• List the benefits of DevOps
• Describe ‘transformational leadership’ as a concept

Module 2: Unlearning Behaviors

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

• Describe how psychology and neuroscience influence DevOps
• Identify DevOps and other existing systems

Module 3: Becoming a DevOps Organization

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

• Describe shared goals
• Explain how to help people participate in DevOps cultures

Module 4: Measuring to Learn and to Improve

By the end of this module, learners will be able to:

• Describe value stream maps and mapping
• Describe how to measure important metrics in the DevOps methodology

Module 5: Target Operating Models and Organizational Designs

By the end of this module, learners will be able to:

• Differentiate between TOM and OD
• Describe how to integrate Agile and Ops
• Identify elements of Agile at scale
• Describe Spotify’s organizational model

Module 6: Articulating and Socializing Vision

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

• Describe organizational change
• Explain how to broadcast outside of your organization

Module 7: Maintaining Energy and Momentum

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

• Describe blended innovation

Practice Exam Simulators

These practice exams are designed to simulate the conditions that learners will face when taking the official DevOps Leader examination. It will be well worth testing your knowledge before booking your exam, as it will give you the chance to highlight and revise any modules which you have been struggling with.

When you feel you are ready to sit the exam, simply contact us at AVC to request your FREE exam voucher.

DevOps Leader (DOL) Certification exam

This course is designed to fully prepare students to sit the official DevOps Leader (DOL) examination. The course comes with test exams to help students prepare for the real exam (which is also included)

• This is a multiple choice exam consisting of 40 questions
• There is a time limit of 60 minutes to complete the exam
• The exam is open book, with only the provided materials being permitted for use
• The pass mark for the exam is 65%: you must score at least 26 out of 40 questions correct
• Candidates can take the exam online or in person with an invigilator