Course Outline
Mindset, Culture & Responsibilities
- History of DevOps and C.A.L.M.S.
- DevOps Principles - The Three Ways - Dev + Ops + culture of collaboration
- DevOps Practices - Continuous Everything - The end-to-end DevOps lifecycle
- Reflection on participants' own projects
- The Manager's Role in DevOps - Removing organisational bottlenecks
- Warning signs: how to recognise a project without healthy DevOps engagement
DevOps Toolchain: The Map of Tools (1)
- Everything-as-code - Version Control & Git
- Lab: Git basics — clone, branch, pull request, code review
- Flow - Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery
- Lab: Deploying, running & interpreting a CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins
- Quality gates - Code quality & continuous testing
- Lab: SonarQube setup, execution and reporting — code quality, technical debt, security issues
- Secure & portable deployments with Containers
- Lab: Containerization with Docker desktop, Kubernetes overview
- Configuration management and infrastructure as code
- Lab: Configuration-as-code with Ansible, deploy a web service
- DevSecOps — Building security into pipelines
- Shift-left security, Software Supply chain management, SBOMs, Vulnerability management, Security ownership
- Demo Snyk for security gates in the pipeline
- SRE & Reliability engineering - designing for resilience as well as customer value
Identifying Opportunities & DevOps Maturity
- The business perspective, value stream mapping and management
- Managemeny focus on - Waiting, Rework, Handovers, Approvals
- Lab: Requirements traceability with Jira — from user story to deployed code
- Session DevOps diagnostic framework — the 10 key questions for any project
- DORA Metrics — Deployment Frequency, Lead Time, MTTR, Change Failure Rate
- Workshop: DevOps Maturity Assessment — applied to real projects
- The opportunity matrix — prioritization of Quick Wins vs Roadmap Small group presentations — each manager presents their assessment
Business Case, Integration & Action Plan
- "How to convince the client and how to implement"
- Session DevOps ROI — how to calculate time saved vs. cost of implementation
- How to build a business case for the client or management
- How to include DevOps in the SoW, proposal or project plan
- Final workshop: each manager presents an Action Plan for 1 project
Wrap-up, Q&A, Next Steps & recommended resources
Requirements
Participants should have:
- Basic understanding of software development projects and IT operations
- Experience managing technical teams, projects, products or service delivery
- Familiarity with software development lifecycles (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall or hybrid approaches)
- No prior hands-on DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes or CI/CD experience is required
Technical labs are designed to provide practical exposure to DevOps concepts and tools from a management perspective rather than deep engineering implementation.
Audience
This course is designed for:
- Project Managers
- Delivery Managers
- Team Leads
- Engineering Managers
- Development Managers
- IT Managers and Department Heads
- Product Owners involved in software delivery initiatives
- Senior technical professionals transitioning into leadership roles
The programme is particularly valuable for managers who need to understand how DevOps impacts project delivery, team performance, quality, security and business outcomes, without necessarily becoming hands-on DevOps engineers.
Testimonials (2)
The knowledge and experience of the consultant, as theoretical topics are addressed by applying them to the reality of processes. The course contains a highly valuable program in information technology management.
Luis Castro Gamboa - Cooperativa De Ahorro Y Credito Ande No. 1 R.L.
Course - Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Foundation®
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Ricardo Ramirez - AMX CONTENIDO
Course - DevOps Leader (DOL)®
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