This intensive practitioner-level course is aligned with the DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) framework and is designed to equip participants with the essential skills to effectively implement DevOps practices in real-world scenarios. With a strong focus on CI/CD, automation, and cross-functional team collaboration, this course enables IT professionals to drive continuous value delivery and align DevOps initiatives with critical business outcomes. Practical labs are integrated into the course to reinforce concepts through applied learning.
Day 1: Foundations of DevOps & Cultural Shift
Session 1: Introduction to DASA and DevOps Philosophy
DASA competency model overview
DevOps vs. Traditional IT: Culture and mindset
The importance of business alignment
Session 2: Agile, Lean & Continuous Delivery Fundamentals
Lean principles in DevOps
Agile and Scrum recap
Introduction to continuous delivery and feedback loops
Session 3: Interactive Lab – Agile & Value Stream Mapping
Exercise: Map a current value stream and identify waste
Group discussion: Linking lean flow to team performance
Day 2: CI/CD Pipeline & Automation Practices
Session 4: Designing the CI/CD Workflow
Key components of CI/CD
Source control, build automation, and artifact management
Toolchain examples: Git, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Nexus
Session 5: Lab – Implementing a CI/CD Pipeline
Build a simple CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins/GitLab
Automate code integration, testing, and deployment
Troubleshooting pipeline errors
Session 6: Infrastructure as Code & Configuration Management
Terraform, Ansible, Docker fundamentals
Lab: Automating infrastructure provisioning
Best practices for security and compliance in CI/CD
Day 3: DevOps in Practice & Organizational Transformation
Session 7: Monitoring, Feedback, and Continuous Improvement
Logging, monitoring, and observability tools
KPIs and business metrics that matter
Tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack
Session 8: Lab – Monitoring & Incident Simulation
Configure alerts and dashboards
Simulate a failure and trigger incident response
Post-mortem and improvement backlog
Session 9: DevOps Transformation & Scaled Adoption
Leading change and stakeholder engagement
DevOps roles, team structures, and talent development
Enterprise adoption roadmap
We are open to customizing this program to align with your specific learning objectives. If your team has particular goals or areas they wish to focus on, we would be happy to tailor the course outline to meet those needs and ensure the program supports the achievement of your desired outcomes.
This advanced course is designed for IT professionals aiming to master DevOps engineering practices using Azure tools.
This course provides in-depth, practical knowledge for DevOps professionals seeking to design secure, scalable, and highly integrated DevOps architectures.
This course is designed for developers who want to embed DevOps best practices directly into their software development workflows.
This course is for developers, DevOps engineers, and IT professionals who want to move beyond manual deployment headaches and start building fast, automated, and secure delivery pipelines.
This course is built for engineers who keep systems running when stakes are high.
This intensive practitioner-level course is aligned with the DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) framework and is designed to equip participants with the essential skills to effectively implement DevOps practices in real-world scenarios.