DASA DevOps Fundamentals – Including Exam

The DASA DevOps Fundamentals certification adds value to individuals involved in IT development, operations, or service management. It’s target audience includes but is not limited to:

Development & Operations

- Software Developers, Engineers and Architects
- Quality Engineers and Testers
- System and Network Engineers and Administrators
- Automation Architects
- Dev, Sec & Ops Engineers
- Enterprise Architects
- Incident and Change Managers
- Integration Specialists

Business & Leadership

- Product Owners
- Business Analysts
- Business Managers
- Operations Managers
- Product Managers
- Team Leads
- Scrum Masters
- Agile Coaches
- Senior Management and C-Suite

Support & Enablement

- Support Engineers
- Service Managers
- Business users who are working with IT in getting business value created
- HR
- Finance
- Governance
- Legal

After completing this program, you will be able to:

• Participate successfully in the DevOps transformation within the organization by sharing a common understanding and vocabulary required for DevOps ways of working.
• Define and discuss the key concepts and principles of DevOps.
• Explain the core elements of a DevOps culture and its importance.
• Discuss the importance of automation and ways to implement it in the product life cycle.
• Describe how DevOps relates to Lean and Agile methodologies.
• Discuss metrics and success factors for DevOps transformations.
• Get insight into the various organizational DevOps models and related architectures.
• Explain the importance of sharing responsibility, knowledge and ways of working to enable successful collaboration.
• Identify the available resources of DASA guidance as an enabler of your DevOps implementation plan.

Building DevOps Context

• Why DevOps?
• DevOps Definition
• DASA DevOps Principles

Culture

• Introduction To DevOps Culture
• DevOps Culture For Teams
• DevOps Leadership

Automation

• Why Automate?
• Automation Enables Continuous Delivery
• Modern Infrastructure & Cloud Computing

Lean

• Lean
• Agile
• Product Management
• Service Management
• Site Reliability Engineering
• Value & Experience Management

Measurement

• Basics of Measurement
• Measuring Value
• Typical DevOps Metrics
• Monitoring & Analytics

Sharing

• Organizational Models That Enable Sharing
• T-Shape Profiles Enable Sharing
• DevOps Teams
• Team Autonomy
• IT Architecture That Supports Sharing
• DevOps At Scale

DASA Guidance

• DASA Big Picture
• Talent Portfolio
• Guidance Portfolio
• Community
• Recognition

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

Exam Details

• Delivery: Online and Paper-based
• Format: Closed-book format, participants can bring scratch paper
• Proctoring: Live/Webcam
• Duration: 60 minutes, 15-minute additional time for non-native candidates
• Questions: 40, simple multiple choice (1 mark per question)
• Pass Grade: 65%

Why choose a DASA certification

- Gain an industry-recognised certification
- Learn anytime, at your own pace
- 10+ years creating industry-leading courses