Candidates gain practical guidance on how to deliver effective DevOps through 15 essential practices, especially in relation to well-established ITSM practices. The purpose of this foundation level qualification is to confirm that a candidate has sufficient knowledge, understanding and application of fundamental DevOps skills and are able to work effectively with, or as a member of, a DevOps environment.  The Fundamentals qualification is also a pre-requisite for the DevOps Leadership qualification.

As the Fundamentals level course, candidates will be introduced to basic concepts, terms, principles and tools used for DevOps as well as why DevOps is needed in modern enterprises, Scrum methodology, people and culture implications as well as the practices, processes, automation and technology used for adapting DevOps within an organization.

Holders of the DevOps Fundamentals certification, will be able to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and practical application of:

• History and Need of DevOps
• Key concepts of DevOps
• Business Value of DevOps
• Concepts underlying C.A.L.M.S., The Three Ways, continuous delivery, and the scope of the full stack
• DevOps culture, transformational leadership and DevOps structure and teaming  Evolution of the DevOps Practices and the 15 Essential Practices of DevOps
• Agile Project Management and Scrum Methodology
• Key concepts of cloud technology and virtualization, automation for deployment pipeline, and architecting for continuous delivery

Candidates can choose between one of the following certification options. 

Altitude Career Skills Institute: These exams are 25-Multiple Choice Questions administered online throughout the course. Candidates require an 80% to pass.

PeopleCert: These exams are 40-Multiple Choice Questions administered online in a proctored exam format. Candidates have 60-minutes to complete the exam and require a 70% to pass.  The following are system requirements for the PeopleCert Option: Please note that this course requires the completion of a proctored exam, so you must have a webcam in working condition, or you will not be able to take the test.  The webcam will remain on during the test, and the video of your exam will be captured throughout the test. Additionally, a working headphone, or system microphone to connect to audio is required. The test works with the latest versions of Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox and other popular browsers. 

Exam Pass Rate: 95% PeopleCert; 99% Altitude Career Skills Institute

All candidates are offered an exam re-sit if they fail to achieve success on their first attempt. This is provided as a courtesy by Altitude Career Skills Institute.

These courses are 100% online and self-paced. Instructors are available to help you through content areas by request. 

Exam preparation training and study for this certification is approximately five (5) hours to ten (10) hours.

• High quality online videos 

• Classroom study materials 

• Chapter tests 

• Study guides

• Exams

Note:  If you have enrolled in the 100% online/self-paced version of this course, please allow up to 24-hour to gain access to your course room after enrollment. Once granted access, you will receive an email notification with your username and password.