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Course Outline

1. Introduction

  • Setting Goals and Assessing the Current State
  • The Objective of DevOps

2. Understanding DevOps

  • Background and Evolution
  • Challenges and Issues in the Modern Environment
  • The Persistent Conflict in IT Core
  • Roles in DevOps
  • Defining DevOps
  • Core Principles

3. The Ball Point Game

4. The Rationale for DevOps

  • Key Driving Factors
  • Amazon's Approach: A Case Study
  • Insights from the State of DevOps Report
  • Connections Between Manufacturing and DevOps

5. DevOps at Microsoft – A Case Study

  • Dark Launches
  • Feature Flags
  • Transitioning from Agile to DevOps
  • Branching Strategies
  • Team Structures
  • Culture of Live Site Management

6. How DevOps Operates

  • Continuous Integration
  • Continuous Deployment
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Continuous Testing
  • Continuous Monitoring
  • Automation
  • Kanban End-to-End

7. Culture and DevOps

  • People and Trust
  • Resilience
  • The Importance of Engagement
  • Rethinking Metrics
  • The Law of Motivation
  • Essential Elements for a Successful DevOps Culture

9. Tool Implementation

  • Build Automation
  • Test Automation
  • Deployment Automation
  • Environment Provisioning
  • Automated Feedback and Monitoring

10. DevOps Assessment

12. Summary and Next Steps

In-Class Exercises:

  • Individual and Team Goals – Identifying current issues and goals
  • The Ball Point Game – A creative team activity to explore process optimization
  • The Penny Game – Demonstrating how Kanban and batch sizes impact delivery
  • DISC Assessment – A personality and culture exercise
  • DevOps Assessment – Where Are We?
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