After the course you can move DevOps forward in your organisation beyond individual tools: you design a sound continuous delivery pipeline, make fitting architecture decisions, steer improvements with metrics and lean methods, and assess how mature your teams are. Leadership, collaboration and a learning culture get plenty of room. The course prepares you for the EXIN DevOps Master exam. It suits experienced professionals from development, operations, security and product roles who are expected to shape change in their organisation.
What you’ll take away.
- Design a continuous delivery pipeline with suitable deployment and release strategies
- Make architecture decisions that allow frequent, safe releases
- Improve product and process with metrics, lean methods and monitoring
- Initiate cultural change and guide teams on the way to DevOps
- Assess an organisation's DevOps maturity and derive next steps
Your training in detail
- Who is it for?
- Experienced professionals from development, operations, security, business analysis, product management and process ownership who are driving DevOps in their organisation.
- Prerequisites
- You know the basics of DevOps and have worked in a DevOps or agile setting. EXIN DevOps Professional is a useful first step but not a formal requirement.
- Format & planning
- Standard length: 2 training days. A different length can be arranged for companies.
Agenda: from understanding to application
Our independently developed agenda proposal. Focus areas, lab environment and scope are agreed before booking.
Continuous delivery: pipeline, testing, deployment and release
DevOps architecture: loose coupling, services and infrastructure
Improving product and process with delivery performance metrics
Lean management and monitoring in live operations
Cultural change: leadership, collaboration and learning
Maturity assessment and a roadmap for the next steps
Practical assignments and exam preparation
You assess the DevOps maturity of a sample company, design a target architecture for software delivery and derive a prioritised roadmap with metrics.
Exams, licences & credentials
The course prepares you for the EXIN DevOps Master exam. Besides passing the exam, EXIN requires accredited training with completed practical assignments for the certificate. This course counts as such training, and the exam is included, only if the offer explicitly confirms it. Any certificate is issued by EXIN. Unless the offer states otherwise, this is not an official EXIN course.
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Your learning content
These objectives describe the training topic. The specific syllabus, dates and trainer are agreed before booking; the written offer is binding.
Frequently asked questions
What do I need for the certificate?
EXIN requires a passed exam and accredited training in which you completed the practical assignments. The exam alone is not enough.
What is the exam like?
According to EXIN you answer 40 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes without notes. You need 65 per cent to pass. The exam is available in German, English, Chinese and Portuguese.
Do I have to take EXIN DevOps Professional first?
No. EXIN describes DevOps Professional as a stepping stone towards DevOps Master. For the Master certification, EXIN lists no requirement other than the accredited training.
Does EXIN DevOps Master: introducing and maturing DevOps in an organisation include a certificate?
The course prepares you for the EXIN DevOps Master exam. Besides passing the exam, EXIN requires accredited training with completed practical assignments for the certificate. This course counts as such training, and the exam is included, only if the offer explicitly confirms it. Any certificate is issued by EXIN. Unless the offer states otherwise, this is not an official EXIN course.