DevOps Training: DevOps Theory and Practice


Course Delivery

Live Instructor-Led Training

Course Description

The course DevOps Theory and Practice (DevOps Training) explores DevOps implementation through process and technology. The course begins with a discussion on the proper use of the agile scrum framework in developing software with a view to integrating software development with IT operations. Once the theory and practice of scrum has been addressed, we turn our focus to the design and implementation of value streams and the three ways of DevOps: fast left to right workflow, fast right to left feedback and a generative culture. The training includes a thorough discussion of business processes and practices in the creation of automated release and deployment pipelines, the containerization of applications and best practices to reduce lead time and application deployments. The course concludes with a discussion on telemetry and change management within the context of a DevOps transition.

Course Dates and Pricing


Nov 12 - 15, 2024$3,750.00Jan 14 - 17, 2025$3,750.00Feb 11 - 14, 2025$3,750.00Mar 11 - 14, 2025$3,750.00Apr 15 - 18, 2025$3,750.00May 13 - 16, 2025$3,750.00Jun 10 - 13, 2025$3,750.00Jul 15 - 18, 2025$3,750.00

Course Outline

DevOps: Laying the Foundation

The Nature of Projects
The Nature of Processes
Project Versus Process: Why the Difference Is Essential
How Projects and Processes Are Related
Agile Is About Values
The Scrum Framework
About Software Development and IT Operations
About Service Transition and Service Operations
And Then There Was DevOps

Agile Scrum: Key Concepts

Why Traditional [Waterfall] Software Development Fails in the Modern World
Exploring Solutions to Common Software Development Pitfalls
And Then There Was Scrum: Agile Values and Principles
The Scrum Workflow: From Planning to Delivery
The Sprint: Planning, Execution, Review and Retrospective
How Requirements Are Gathered and Documented
The Key Roles: Product Owner, Developers and the Scrum Master
About the Product Backlog

Agile Scrum: How It’s Done

The Product Owner Is the Key: Organizing the Product Backlog
Managing Requirements in an Agile Organization
The Agile Nature of Requirements Gathering and Decomposition
About the Development Team, Sprint Planning and Sprint Execution
The Scrum Master as a Linchpin to Process Efficiency
About the Release Plan and Potentially Shippable Product Increments
Moving From Development to Operations: Service Transition
The Challenge of DevOps: Reducing Lead Time Through Process Efficiency

DevOps Is About Value Streams

What Is a Value Stream?
What Is a Technology Value Stream?
DevOps: The Coexistence of Development and Operations
The Goal: Business Success and Customer Satisfaction
Understanding Lead Time and Process Time
The Three Ways of DevOps
The First: Fast Left to Right Workflow
The Second: Fast Right to Left Feedback
The Third: Creating a High Trust Culture

DevOps Considerations I – the Principle of Flow

What is the Principle of Flow?
How to Make Work Visible
Always Limit Work in Progress
Reducing Batch Size Is a Must
Reducing Handoffs Is an Even Bigger Must
How Bottlenecks Can Be Identified and Eliminated
The Fine Art of Eliminating Waste

DevOps Considerations II – the Principle of Feedback

The Core Principle: Seeing Problems as They Occur
Resolving Problems: Identify, Swarm and Solve
A Key Consideration: The Convergence of Quality and the Problem Source
What About Quality Controls?
The Importance designing feedback of Designing for IT Operations Downstream

DevOps Considerations III – the Culture

Continual Learning and Experimentation Is a Must
About Failure and the Safety Culture
Understanding Your Organization’s Type
Improvement and Quality Are Everyone’s Responsibility
Communicating Knowledge Throughout the Organization
Designing Feedback and Communication Systems for Resiliency

The DevOps Practice

How to Structure the Organization
How to Design the Value Stream
Coming to Agreement on a Shared Goal
Keeping the Planning Horizon Short Is a Must
Managing Technical Debt Is Also Must

The Deployment Pipeline

About On-Demand Creation
How to Achieve On-Demand Creation
Making Use of a Single Repository
Making Use of Continuous Build, Test and Integration
Automated Validation Test Suites
Ensuring Early Detection Through Testing

Continuous Integration and Deployment

Implementing a Branch Architecture
Implementing Small Batch Deployment Through Commit and Merge
Designing the Deployment Pipeline
Automating the Deployment Process and Pipeline
Making Use of Self-Service Deployment
Differentiating Between Deployment and Release

Release Patterns

Environment Versus Application Based Release Patterns
The Blue-Green Deployment Pattern
About Database Changes
The Canary and Cluster Immune Release Patterns
The Power of the Feature Toggles
Deconstructing Enterprise Applications: The Logical Tiers
How Logical Tiers Are Assigned to Physical Machines
Understanding Microservices Architectures and the Importance of Loose Coupling
Making Use of the Strangler Application Pattern

About Telemetry, Instrumentation and Change

About Event and Information Management
Creating a Centralized Log Management Infrastructure
Ensuring That Log Information Serves Both Development and Operations
Making Use of Peer-Reviewed and Pairs Programming
Making Use of Proactive Change Management
Putting It All Together

Course Locations

  • Ottawa

  • Montreal

  • Toronto

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