Course Category: Agile Methods
Course Duration: 2 Days
Hours: 14 Contact Hours
About the Course
Delivering valuable solutions faster doesn’t involve just engineers developing software. It involves introducing a shared DevOps mindset among all the people who define, build, test, deploy, and release software-driven products.
The SAFe® DevOps course helps people in technical, non-technical, and leadership roles optimize their development value stream from end to end. Take this course with your entire cross-functional team to map your current value stream from concept to cash. Design a Continuous Delivery Pipeline that’s relevant to your business. And get the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.
What's included:
- Access to the latest Framework guidance
- Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
- One-year access to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
- Value Stream Mapping workshop
- Member discussion forums to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe Framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
- Curated content-playlists based on your interests and roles, including templated resources and facilitation guides to get you started
- Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
- SAFe DevOps certification exam
SAFe® DevOps Attendees learn:
- How to incorporate continuous testing and continuous security into the delivery pipeline
- How to integrate continuous exploration, integration, and deployment, and release value to end users on demand
- How to design and implement an actionable DevOps transformation plan tailored to your organization
- How to evaluate and improve your current state using tools like the DevOps Health Radar and Transformation Canvas
SAFe® DevOps answers the questions:
- What is DevOps and how does it enable strategic business objectives?
- What are the mindset, culture, and technical practices to successfully define, build, test, deploy, and release?
- How do I use value stream mapping to measure flow and spot bottlenecks in the delivery pipeline?
Course Outline
1. Introducing DevOps
- Explain the problem to be solved
- Define DevOps and its benefits
- Explain continuous security and testing
- Summarize the SAFe CALMR approach to DevOps
2. Value Stream Mapping
- Explain the purpose of mapping a Value Stream
- Analyze the health of your development value stream
3. Continuous Exploration
- Create Solution hypotheses
- Summarize how to collaborate and research Customer needs
- Define how to architect the Solution for continuous delivery
- Demonstrate how to synthesize Solution ideas into ART Backlog Features
- Utilize WSJF to prioritize a DevOps backlog
4. Continuous Integration
- Explain how to develop the Solution
- Summarize how to build continuously
- Plan how to test end-to-end
- Summarize how to stage the Solution for deployment
5. Continuous Deployment
- Summarize how to deploy to production
- Explain how to verify the Solution
- Plan how to monitor the health of the Solution
- Explain how to respond and recover
6. Release on Demand
- Explain how to release value to Customers
- Summarize how to stabilize the Solution
- Explain how to measure the business value
- Summarize how to learn from feedback and relentlessly improve
Exam Pattern and Duration
Training: 2 Days
The course material shall be issued before the course starts.
Exam: 90 minutes
The exam is held separately from the training course.
First attempt included in the course registration fee if taken within 30 days of course completion
Exam Pattern
SAFe® DevOps certification exam consists of the following:
- 45 multiple-choice questions single select format, web-based, closed book, no outside assistance
- Passing score is 73% and should be completed within 90 minutes.
Course Category: Agile Methods
Course Duration: 2 Days
Hours: 14 Contact Hours
