Course Overview:

DevOps is a crucial approach for organizations aiming to deliver high-quality software quickly and efficiently. This 2-day preparatory course for "SAFe DevOps with Certified SAFe DevOps Practitioner (SDP)" is designed to introduce participants to the principles and practices of DevOps in the context of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). The course covers topics such as the CALMR approach, value stream mapping, continuous exploration, quality integration, and release on demand.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this 2-day course, participants will:

• Understand the challenges that DevOps addresses.
• Recognize the benefits of DevOps.
• Explore continuous security and testing.
• Grasp SAFe's CALMR approach to DevOps.
• Learn to map and assess development value streams.
• Gain insights into continuous exploration and solution hypothesis.
• Understand how to build quality with continuous integration.
• Discover the process of continuous deployment and reducing time-to-market.
• Learn about releasing on demand and delivering business value.
• Prepare for the Certified SAFe DevOps Practitioner (SDP) certification.
• Develop a DevOps action plan for their organization.

Prerequisites:

• No prior experience with DevOps or the Scaled Agile Framework is required.
• An interest in improving software development processes and practices is recommended.
• Participants should bring a laptop or tablet for practical exercises and assessments.

Course Outlines:

Module 1: Introducing DevOps

• Understanding the problem to be solved.
• DevOps and its benefits.
• Continuous security and testing.
• SAFe's CALMR approach to DevOps.

Module 2: Mapping Your Value Stream

• The importance of mapping the development value stream.
• Evaluating the efficiency of your development value stream.

Module 3: Gaining Alignment with Continuous Exploration

• Creating Solution Hypotheses.
• Collaborating and researching customer needs.
• Architecting solutions for continuous delivery.
• Synthesizing the vision, the roadmap, and the program backlog.

Module 4: Building Quality in with Continuous Integration

• Developing the solution.
• Continuous building and testing.
• End-to-end testing.
• Validation on a staging environment.

Module 5: Reducing Time-to-Market with Continuous Deployment

• Deploying to Production.
• Verifying the solution.
• Monitoring for problems.
• Responding and recovering.

Module 6: Delivering Business Value with Release on Demand

• The concept of releasing on demand.
• Stabilizing the solution.
• Measuring the business value.
• Learning and reacting.

Module 7: Taking Action & Assessment

• Developing your DevOps action plan.
• Course conclusion.
• Q & A session.
• Final assessment.

Course Outcomes:

Upon completing this 2-day course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles and benefits of DevOps in the SAFe framework.
• Map and evaluate the efficiency of development value streams.
• Gain alignment through continuous exploration and solution hypothesis.
• Learn to build quality with continuous integration and testing.
• Implement continuous deployment to reduce time-to-market.
• Explore the concept of releasing on demand and delivering business value.
• Prepare for the Certified SAFe DevOps Practitioner (SDP) certification.
• Develop a DevOps action plan for their organization.