DevOps Foundation (DOFD)® Certification - eLearning (exam included)

DevOps Foundation (DOFD)® Certification - eLearning (exam included)

The DOI DevOps Foundation (DOFD®) Certification is an entry-level credential offered by the DevOps Institute (DOI) that validates an individual's understanding of DevOps principles, practices, and culture. This certification is ideal for professionals seeking to build a solid foundation in DevOps concepts and apply them to improve collaboration, efficiency, and business outcomes within their organizations.

Key Features

• Course and material are available in English
• Beginner friendly
• 180 days access to the self-paced study eLearning platform 24/7
• 3 hours total video content
• 14 hours study time recommended
• 9 lessons with end-of-lesson quizzes
• 2 official Practice Exam Simulator
• Official exam voucher and certification included
• 16 PDU for PMI certifications. Technical 9, Leadership 5, Strategic 2

DevOps has become an essential and widely-utilized cultural and professional movement for optimizing development and operations practices. In organizations weighed down by inefficient, siloed project teams, DevOps can provide incredible boosts to productivity, collaboration, reliability, speed, and ROIs. Studying the approach is also a fantastic way for development, operations, testing, quality assurance (QA), and IT management staff to become highly employable DevOps engineers.

Comprehensive Coverage:

• Introduces the core principles and practices of DevOps.
• Covers essential concepts like Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), automation, and cultural transformation.

Focus on Collaboration:

• Emphasizes breaking down silos between development, operations, and other teams.
• Promotes communication, collaboration, and shared responsibility.

Aligned with Modern Practices:

• Includes guidance on leveraging tools and technologies for automation, monitoring, and testing.
• Covers modern workflows and methodologies like Agile and Lean.

Vendor-Neutral:

• Provides foundational knowledge that can be applied across various industries and tools.

What will you learn by taking this course?

• The benefits of DevOps for managing IT development and operations
• How to apply the approach to real world-organizations, regardless of their size, location, sector, or industry
• How the approach can lead to higher-quality and more regularly-released code, products, and services
• How DevOps tools can be used to create automated operations and development processes, resulting in lower costs and increased reliability
• Everything needed to pass the official DevOps Foundation exam

Who is this course aimed at?

The DevOps Foundation (DOFD®) Certification is suitable for a wide range of professionals involved in IT, development, operations, and related fields. It provides foundational knowledge of DevOps principles, making it ideal for individuals and teams looking to adopt or contribute to DevOps practices in their organizations.

• Businesses and other organizations wishing to adopt the DevOps approach
• IT staff seeking to become part of DevOps teams or projects
• IT managers, project managers, and senior staff who wish to become certified in a world-class and highly recognized approach
• Experienced and prospective DevOps practitioners who wish to prove their knowledge by becoming certified
• Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing Professionals

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites for studying or sitting the DOI DevOps Foundation certification exam. However, a basic knowledge of ITSM and Agile can be helpful.

Course plan

An Introduction to DevOps Foundation®

This module introduces learners to the DevOps online training course, giving them a clear idea of what to expect from the beginning up until the examination.

Module 1: Exploring DevOps

This module will give learners a clear introduction to the core concepts and fundamentals of DevOps, along with its purpose and how what DevOps costs to implement can quickly be outweighed by the advantages it can offer software-driven organizations.

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

• Define DevOps
• Describe why it matters
• Describe the business relationship
• Describe the IT perspective

Module 2: Core Principles and Practices

Moving on from the introduction, this module will educate learners on DevOps’ practices and principles.

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

• Identify the three DevOps principles
• Describe the Theory of Constraints
• Describe the Second Way
• Describe the Third Way
• Identify DevOps practices
• List the continuous process
• Describe site reliability
• Describe DevSecOps
• Describe ChatOps and KanBan

Module 3: Business and Technology Frameworks

This module looks at the importance of business and technology frameworks for effective IT service management. It will also describe popular examples like Agile and Lean.

By the end of the module, learners will be able to describe:

• Frameworks
• Agile
• ITSM
• Lean
• Safety culture
• Learning organizations
• Types of funding

Module 4: Culture, Behavior, and Operating Models

This module examines the roles that organizational culture and behavior play in the successful use of operating models.

By the end of this module, learners will be able to describe:

• Culture, behavior and operating models
• The impact of organizational culture

Module 5: Automation and Architecting DevOps Toolchains

Automation and toolchains are both essential for using DevOps successfully. This module will examine the benefits that each of them has to offer.

By the end of this module, learners will be able to describe:

• DevOps automation and architecting toolchains
• DevOps toolchains

Module 6: Measures, Metrics and Reporting

This module looks at how to track and report on the metrics relating to DevOps.

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

• Describe measures, metrics, and reporting
• Define lead/ cycle times

Module 7: Sharing, Shadowing and Evolving

This module looks at the various roles associated with DevOps, as well as leadership, cultures, and the most important factors for ensuring success.

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

• Describe sharing, shadowing, and evolving
• List types of DevOps days
• Identify roles
• Describe DevOps leadership
• Describe organizational culture
• Define “start where you are”
• Describe critical success factors

Practice Exam Simulators

These practice exams are designed to simulate the conditions that learners will face when taking the official DevOps Foundation examination. It will be well worth testing your knowledge before booking your exam, as it will give you the chance to highlight and revise any modules which you have been struggling with.

Be sure to spend enough time going through our DevOps online training resources to prepare yourself for the exam.

Exam Format

• Duration of 60 minutes (25% extra time for candidates taking the exam in a language other than their native language)
• Open book (it is possible to use the PeopleCert OTM - Official Training Material)
• 40 multiple choice questions
• 1 mark for each correct answer
• Passing score: 26/40 marks - 65%