DevOps Foundation

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Workshop Introduction
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Lesson 1. Exploring DevOps
- 1.1 Defining DevOps
- Video - The Short History of DevOps with Damon Edwards (11:47)
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- Discussion - DevOps Myths versus Realities
- DevOps Goals, Values, Stakeholders
- 1.2 Why Does DevOps Matter
- Case Story - ING Bank, Netherlands
- DevOps Adoption
- 1.3 The Business Perspective
- Video - Start with Why, Simon Sinek (5:00)
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- Exercise - Your Organizational Why
- 1.4 The IT Perspective
- Module 1 Quiz
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Lesson 2. Core DevOps Principles
- 2.1 The Three Ways
- Video - Gene Kim Defines The Three Ways of The Phoenix Project (3:31)
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- The First Way: Flow
- 2.2 The Theory of Constraints
- Discussion - Overcoming Constraints
- The Second Way: Feedback
- The Third Way: Continual Experimentation and Learning
- 2.3 Chaos Engineering
- Case Story - Ticketmaster
- 2.4 Learning Organizations
- Exercise - Bringing The Three Ways to Life
- Module 2 Quiz
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Lesson 3. Key DevOps Practices
- Case Story - Capital One
- 3.1 Continuous: Testing, Integration, Delivery, Deployment
- Video - GitHub Professional Guide: Continuous Integration & Delivery (6:00)
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- Exercise - Rate Your CI/CD Capability
- Continuous Delivery & Continuous Deployment
- 3.3 ChatOps
- 3.4 Kanban
- Discussion - Why Too Much WIP is Bad
- Module 3 Quiz
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Lesson 4. Business & Technology Frameworks
- 4.1 Agile
- Video - Spotify Engineering Culture Part 1 with Henrik Kniberg (13:12)
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- 4.2 ITSM
- Discussion - Agility in IT Operations
- 4.3 Lean
- Exercise - Identifying & Eradicating Waste
- Case story - Alaska Air
- Value Stream Mapping
- 4.4 Safety Culture
- 4.5 Learning Organizations
- 4.6 Continuous Funding
- Module 4 Quiz
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Lesson 5. Culture, Behaviors & Operating Models
- 5.1 Defining Culture
- 5.2 Cultural Debt
- Video - Spotify Engineering Culture Part 2 with Henrik Kniberg (13:27)
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- Exercise - Rating & Improving Using the Westrum Model
- 5.3 Behavioral Models
- A Typology of Organizational Cultures - R Westrum
- Discussion - Placing on the Change Curve
- 5.4 Organizational Models
- Case story - Target
- Module 5 Quiz
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Lesson 6. Automation & Architecting DevOps Toolchains
- Video - The DevOps Toolchain with John Okoro (7:43)
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- 6.1 CI/CD, Infrastructure as code
- 6.2 Cloud, Containers and Microservices
- 6.3 Machine Learning
- Case Story - Fannie Mae
- 6.4 DevOps Toolchains
- Discussion - Applying the DevOps Handbook’s Definition
- Exercise - Architect Your DevOps Toolchain
- Module 6 Quiz
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Lesson 7. Measurement , Metrics & Reporting
- 7.1 The Importance of Measure
- Video - Double the Awesome with Dr. Nicole Forsgren (21:46)
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- 7.2 DevOps Metrics Speed/Throughput/Tempo, Quality, Stability, Culture
- Discussion - Metrics Used Today
- 7.3 Change lead/cycle times
- Case Story - Societe Generale
- 7.4 Value Driven Metrics
- Exercise - The Most Meaningful Metrics
- Module 7 Quiz
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Lesson 8. Sharing , Shadowing & Evolving
- 8.1 DevOps Days
- Video - DevOps: A Culture of Sharing with Gareth Rushgrove (2:19)
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- Discussion - What’s your open space topic?
- 8.2 DevOps in the Enterprise
- Case Story - Disney
- 8.3 Roles
- 8.4 DevOps Leadership
- 8.5 Organizational Considerations
- 8.6 Getting Started
- 8.7 Challenges, Risks and Critical Success Factors
- Exercise - Write your personal action plan as an experiment
- Module 8 Quiz
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About Spotify Model
- Spotify Scaling
- How Spotify Builds Products
- Video: Spotify Culture Part 1
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- Video: Spotify Culture Part 2
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Useful DevOps Resources
- DevOps Foundation Blueprint
- DevOps Leadership Blueprint
- DevOps Foundation Certification Sample
- Master DevOps Glossary_27Sept21
- DevOps Periodic Table from Digital.ai
- State of DevOps 2021
- Puppet State of DevOps Report 2021
- State of Agile Report (15th)
- State of Agile Report (14th)
- Quiz Answers
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