Software Testing - Introduction to DevOps

Learn how to adopt and use the DevOps methodology in your organisation - in just 2 days. On this accelerated Introduction to DevOps course, you’ll study the fundamental capabilities of the methodology to provide continuous software delivery, testing, development and monitoring.

You’ll also learn how to:

• Adopt DevOps in your organisation
• Use continuous testing, development and monitoring
• Identify bottlenecks in a delivery pipeline
• Use cloud to accelerate DevOps
• Assemble a DevOps team and establish executive roles

Make DevOps work in your organisation as you expand agile practices, leverage test automation, build a delivery pipeline and experiment rapidly. On this accelerated course, you’ll be immersed in this agile methodology as you learn more with Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology.

This accelerated 2-day course is ideal for members of QA and development teams.

What is DevOps?

• Understand the business need for DevOps
• Recognising the business value of DevOps
• Visualise how DevOps works

DevOps capabilities

• Ways to adopt DevOps
• Planning
• Collaborative development
• Continuous testing
• Deployment
• Continuous monitoring
• Continuous customer feedback and optimisation

Adopting DevOps

• Knowing where to begin
• Identifying business objectives
• Identifying bottlenecks in the delivery pipeline
• People in DevOps
• DevOps as a business process
• Change management process
• DevOps techniques
• Infrastructure as code
• Delivery pipeline
• Deployment automation and release management
• How cloud accelerates DevOps

Using DevOps to solve new challenges

• Mobile applications, ALM processes, scaling agile, multiple-tier applications, DevOps in the enterprise, supply chains, and Internet of Things

Making DevOps work

• Establishing executive roles
• Assembling your DevOps team and setting goals
• Learning from the DevOps transformation:
• Expanding agile practices
• Leveraging test automation
• Building a delivery pipeline
• Experimenting rapidly
• Continuous improvement
• Looking at the DevOps results
• The common misconceptions of DevOps

You should be familiar with:

• Windows operating systems
• Websites & browsers
• General IT infrastructure

Some programming knowledge is useful.

Your accelerated course includes:

• Accommodation *
• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
• Courseware
• Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
• Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

• Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
• You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
• Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
• You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
• You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals

*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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