SAFe® DevOps
Join our SAFe® DevOps classroom training course to learn about the SAFe framework with an in-person trainer in a classroom setting and become a Certified SAFe® DevOps Practitioner (SDP).
Description
The two-day, interactive SAFe® DevOps course helps people across technical, non-technical, and leadership roles work together to optimise their value stream from end to end. Attendees will learn what DevOps is, why it is important to every role, and design a continuous delivery pipeline that is tailored to their business.
Optimising Your Value Stream
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 optimise 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:
- Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and access tools to get started in your SAFe role
- Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
- One-year access to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
- Value Stream Mapping workshop
- Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
- 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 needed to practice SAFe every day
- SAFe DevOps certification exam
About the Exam
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Number of Questions: 45
- Passing Score: 33/45 (73%)
- Competency Level: Intermediate; Proficient, capable; can perform tasks with some assistance
- Question Format: Multiple choice (one answer) or multiple select (2-3 answers)
- Delivery: Web-based, closed book, no outside assistance, timed
- Access: Community Platform upon completion of the course
- Languages Offered: English
- Cost: First attempt included in the course registration fee if taken within 30 days of course completion. Each retake or attempt past the 30-day window is $50
Exam Topics and References:
|
Domain |
Topics |
References |
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Introducing DevOps (11%) |
Recognise the problem to be solved, Explain DevOps and its benefits, Describe core DevOps principles |
SAFe DevOps Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lesson 1, DevOps |
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Mapping your value stream (13%) |
Explain the purpose of mapping the Value Stream, Evaluate the efficiency of your current Value Stream |
SAFe DevOps Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lesson 2, DevOps and Release on Demand |
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Gaining alignment with continuous exploration (31%) |
Create Solution hypotheses, Collaborate and research customer needs, Architect the Solution for continuous delivery |
SAFe DevOps Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lessons 3-6, Built-In Quality, Continuous Delivery Pipeline, Continuous Exploration, Lean UX, Release on Demand, WSJF |
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Building quality in with continuous integration (31%) |
Build continuously, Test end-to-end |
SAFe DevOps Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lessons 4 and 7, Inspect and Adapt, Iteration Retrospective |
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Reducing time-to-market with continuous deployment (4%) |
Release on demand, Monitor for problems, Respond and recover |
SAFe DevOps Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lesson 5 |
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Delivering business value with release on demand (7%) |
Stabilise the Solution, Measure the business value |
SAFe DevOps Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lessons 5 and 6 |
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Taking action (3%) |
Craft an action plan for DevOps transformation |
SAFe DevOps Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lesson 7, WSJF |
Outcomes
Course Objectives
After taking the course, you will know how to:
- Incorporate continuous testing and continuous security into the delivery pipeline
- Integrate continuous exploration, integration, and deployment, and release value to end users on demand
- Design and implement an actionable DevOps transformation plan tailored to your organisation
- Evaluate and improve your current state using tools like the DevOps Health Radar and Transformation Canvas
Attendees will 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 organisation
- 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?
Price
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