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This course gives you the basic foundational principles of DevOps with a particular focus on culture and the DevOps mindset. We’ll learn about how DevOps is grounded in lean principles, and how it can help improve collaboration between developers and operations team members. We'll learn about ideas regarding systems thinking, feedback loops, continuous improvement, loosely coupled architecture and teams, managing risk, and dealing with unplanned work. We’ll learn about strategies to manage work, monitor it, keep it organized, and maintain a high level of quality by following key DevOps principles. We’ll also discuss various organizational models and structures that are used by companies in their DevOps transformations. You’ll learn about value stream mapping, and ensuring continuous workflow. Ultimately, we'll learn key ideas and tactics that you can employ at your own organizations to improve both time-to-market and increase the value delivered for your customers, no matter your product line or industry.

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Intermediate Level

Approx. 14 hours to complete

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Shareable Certificate

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Intermediate Level

Approx. 14 hours to complete

English

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Instructor

Instructor rating

4.84/5 (179 Ratings)

Courtney Kissler

Vice President, Nike Digital Platform Engineering

Continuing and Professional Education

39,691 Learners

1 Course

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Introducing DevOps Concepts

2 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 79 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

11 videos

Course Introduction9mModule 1 Introduction1mDefining DevOps7mDevOps Principles: The Three Ways9mDevOps Principles: The Seven Principles and Seven Wastes of Lean7mDevOps Principles: Improvement Kata5mDevOps Principles: A3 Problem Solving Framework5mThe Westrum Model for Improving Organizational Culture7mLeadership Philosophies6mChanging Metrics: Shifting from Outputs to Outcomes10mDevOps Works for Everyone: Three Case Studies7m

1 reading

A Note From UC Davis10m

1 practice exercise

Module 1 Quiz30m

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Working With DevOps Mindset

In this module, you'll be able to discuss how loosely coupled architecture can help facilitate high-performing organizations. You'll be able to identify the importance of iteration and strategies for managing risk and workloads in a DevOps environment. You'll be able to identify and implement tactics for managing unplanned work. You'll be able to confidently debunk two common myths of software development and apply ways to manage and surface work in process in a DevOps environment.

2 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 57 min)

Week3

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Keeping Work Organized With DevOps

4 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 65 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

9 videos

Module 3 Introduction1mWork is Work5mMonitoring with a DevOps Mindset9mUsing Incident Reviews to Your Advantage8mOrganizational Models in DevOps: Functional Silo Structure5mOrganizational Models in DevOps: Seven Characteristics7mOrganizational Models in DevOps: Matrix, Full Stack, and Cross Functional Structures8mBonus Lesson: Living in a Hybrid World12mPeer Review Assignments Overview5m

1 reading

Welcome to Peer Review Assignments!10m

1 practice exercise

Module 3 Quiz30m

Week4

Week 4

7 hours to complete

Using DevOps to Speed Up Time to Market

In this module, you'll be able to talk about specific strategies around increasing time to market. You'll be able to discuss how to design accelerated feedback loops to improve development speed. You'll be able to define elements of the CI/CI pipeline such as, continuous delivery, configuration management, continuous integration and testing. You will be able to create a value stream map and discuss continuous flow.

7 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 75 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

9 videos

Module 4 Introduction2mUsing Feedback Loops to Improve Development Speed8mLeveraging Feature Branches6mConfiguration Management, Continuous Integration, Testing, and Delivery7mValue Stream Mapping and Continuous Flow9mShifting from Big Batch to Small Batch7mSpeed Does Not Mean Low Quality6mBonus Lesson: My DevOps Journey25mCourse Summary2m

1 reading

Suggested Activity: Value Stream Map1h

1 practice exercise

Module 4 Quiz30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM DEVOPS CULTURE AND MINDSET

by JGOct 22, 2020

The course content and the facilitator's explanation was really good. I would strongly suggest this course to my peers.

by CBMay 22, 2019

The course was great it answered questions I had about DevOps and provide a good guideline and references to work with.

the assignments were good and cemented the learning undertaken.

by AAMar 18, 2021

I strongly recommend starting expousure to DevOps by attending this course. A lot of practical information is provided, and list of resources to learn more.

by AHSep 22, 2019

Excellent course, I would recommend it for DevOps learners that will give a lot of DevOps concepts, practices and many others in a very good way of explanation

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