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 organizational bottlenecks.
- Warning signs: how to recognize a project lacking 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.
- Management 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 possess:
- A 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.
The technical labs are designed to provide practical exposure to DevOps concepts and tools from a managerial perspective rather than focusing on deep engineering implementation.
Audience
This course is tailored 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.
Custom Corporate Training
Training solutions designed exclusively for businesses.
- Customized Content: We adapt the syllabus and practical exercises to the real goals and needs of your project.
- Flexible Schedule: Dates and times adapted to your team's agenda.
- Format: Online (live), In-company (at your offices), or Hybrid.
Price per private group, online live training, starting from 3900 € + VAT*
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Testimonials (2)
Craig was extremely involved in the training, always making sure we are paying attention, adapted the examples to our day-to-day activities and always provided an answer when asked, even if the information was not added in the presentation.
Ecaterina Ioana Nicoale - BOOKING HOLDINGS ROMANIA SRL
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