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Description
For a DevOps change to be successful, there has to be a change not just in the processes but even in the culture and mind-set of the organization. The human factor is the most important element in a change process and leaders have to ensure that right practices, methods and tools are adopted to bring about this change.
A DevOps Leader (DOL)® is a professional who is qualified to bring about this change by understanding people dynamics across the DevOps spectrum. The DevOps Leader (DOL)® certification course has been designed to help participants gain the credential offered by the DevOps institute while also gaining a practical expertise of the skills needed to bring the DevOps change to an organization. The course covers all the objectives of the exam and teaches participants to gain new skills of innovative thinking and transformational leadership to bring about successful DevOps change.
DevOps can change the world and make it a better place by ensuring that quality products reach the consumer faster and more efficiently. This course is for the new age leader who understands the need to contribute to the world through a successful DevOps transformation.
What you will learn:
The course covers all the objectives covered in the DevOps Leader (DOL)® exam in a theoretical and practical manner.
The learning objectives for DOL include a practical understanding of:
- DevOps and time to market
- The business and IT perspectives
- Key differences between DevOps IT and traditional IT
- Planning and organizing
- Understanding performance and culture
- Measurement differences
- Designing a DevOps organization
- Focusing on what matters
- Ideas for organizing workflows
- Sharing information
- Defining meaningful metrics
- Value stream mapping
- The Spotify Squad model
- Managing culture change
- Popular tools and key practices
- Putting it all together
You will also get:
- 16 hours of instructor-led training and exercise facilitation
- 16 PDUs and SEUs
- Digital Learner Manual (excellent post-class reference)
- Participation in exercises designed to apply concepts
- Sample documents, templates, tools and techniques
- Access to additional sources of information and communities
Key Features
Certification
Prerequisites:
It is recommended that candidates complete the DevOps Leader course from an accredited DevOps Institute Education Partner.
The Exam:
- 60 minutes
- 40 multiple choice questions
- 65% passing score
- Open book
- Unproctored, web-based
Exam Preparations
- Exam Requirements, Question Weighting and Terminology List
- Sample Exam Review
Curriculum
- Course Introduction
- Course Goals
- Course Agenda
- DevOps and Time
- What Is DevOps?
- Why Do DevOps
- Companies Doing DevOps
- The Magic Equation
- Key Differences Between DevOps IT and Traditional IT
- What Sets DevOps IT apart from Traditional IT
- How DevOps IT is Organized Differently
- How to Perform to a Different Standard
- How to Use Different Measurements
- What Sets DevOps IT apart from Traditional IT
- Becoming a DevOps organization
- Transformational Leadership
- Redesigning An Organization for DevOps
- Design Principles
- Focus
- Work
- Information
- Metrics
- Transformational Leadership
- Value Stream Mapping
- What is Value Stream Mapping?
- Why Do We Need to Use this Framework?
- Types of Maps
- How to Create a Value Stream Map?
- Types of Data to Collect
- How to Handle Exceptions
- Value Stream Mapping Exercise
- Squad Organizational Model
- Conway's Law
- The Problem with Silos
- Spotify’s Squad Organization Model (Structure, Roles)
- Squads
- Tribes
- Chapters
- Guilds
- How to Reorganize in Order to Move to this Model
- Managing Cultural Change
- What is Culture and How Does it Impact Performance?
- Types of IT Culture
- Cultural Traits of a DevOps Organization
- How to Manage Change
- Culture and its Impact on Performance
- Types of IT Culture
- What is a DevOps Culture
- How To Manage Change
- The Three Phases Of Change
- Types of Changes That Need to be Implemented
- Popular DevOps Tools and Practices
- DevOps Tools Periodic Table
- Top DevOps Tool Categories
- Common and Popular Practices
- Building a Business Case
- Bringing it all Together
- Additional Sources of Information
- Exam Preparations
- Exam Requirements, Question Weighting and Terminology List
- Sample Exam Review
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An indicative list of participants would include:
- Anyone involved in cultural transformations and organizational change
- IT team leaders, managers, directors and business stakeholders
- Practitioners and change agents
- Tool providers and systems integrators
- DevOps consultants
- Anyone involved in cultural transformations and organizational change
- IT team leaders
- Managers
- Directors and business stakeholders
- Practitioners and change agents
- Tool providers and systems integrators
- DevOps consultants
Participants must be DevOps Foundation® certified in order to appear for the DevOps Leader Certification exam.
The DevOps Leader (DOL)® certification and course is a practical and proven approach to helping leaders and professionals gain the skills needed to bring about successful DevOps transformations. The course helps professionals gain an understanding of different approaches to implementing DevOps and customizing it to suit their organizations and manage the change. This is an intensive, un-proctored open book exam and KnowledgeHut’s course will help you gain a first time pass of the web-based exam.
The certification is issued by DevOps Institute.
Your instructors are DevOps certified professionals who have years of industry experience.
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