An independent, self-paced exam preparation course for learners studying for a foundation-level DevOps exam. Seven lessons cover what DevOps is and why it emerged, culture and the three ways, key practices from continuous integration to site reliability engineering, automation and the toolchain, measurement, adoption and organisational change, and exam technique with practice questions. This is exam preparation only: it does not include an exam voucher, is not accredited training and does not award any certification. Confirm the current syllabus and exam rules with your chosen exam provider.
What you will learn
- Explain the purpose and origins of DevOps
- Describe DevOps culture and the three ways
- Explain continuous integration, delivery, deployment and related practices
- Describe the stages of a DevOps toolchain
- Use the key DevOps delivery and reliability metrics
- Describe how organisations adopt DevOps
- Apply exam technique to foundation-style questions
Lessons
- What DevOps Is and Why It Emerged
- Culture and the Three Ways
- Key DevOps Practices
- Automation and the Toolchain
- Measuring DevOps
- Adoption and Organisational Change
- Exam Technique and Practice Questions
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Lessons
What DevOps Is and Why It Emerged
Culture and the Three Ways
DevOps culture emphasises shared goals, trust and learning. The three ways provide a widely used model of DevOps principles. The first way: flow Optimise the flow of work from development to operations to the customer. Make work visible, reduce batch sizes, limit work in progress, build quality in and remove constraints. The second way: feedback […]
Key DevOps Practices
DevOps uses a range of practices to improve flow, feedback and learning. Continuous integration Developers merge small changes into a shared mainline frequently, at least daily. Each merge triggers an automated build and tests, giving fast feedback. Continuous delivery Every change that passes the pipeline is releasable at any time. Deployment to production is a […]
Automation and the Toolchain
A DevOps toolchain automates the steps from code to production and supports feedback. Typical stages Plan: backlogs and work tracking. Code: version control and code review. Build: compiling and packaging. Test: automated test frameworks. Release: artefact repositories and release orchestration. Deploy: deployment automation and configuration management. Operate: container orchestration and infrastructure management. Monitor: metrics, logging, […]
Measuring DevOps
Measurement shows whether DevOps practices are improving outcomes. Four key delivery metrics Deployment frequency: how often code is deployed to production. Lead time for changes: time from commit to running in production. Change failure rate: percentage of deployments causing failures. Time to restore service: how long it takes to recover from failure. Research has found […]
Adoption and Organisational Change
Adopting DevOps is an organisational change, not a tool installation. Starting small Begin with a pilot team and a value stream where improvement is visible. Demonstrate results before scaling. Leadership support Leaders must support new ways of working, change incentives and remove obstacles such as rigid approvals. Team structures Options include cross-functional product teams, platform […]
Exam Technique and Practice Questions
This lesson focuses on exam technique. Always confirm current exam details with your chosen exam provider. Approach Read every option carefully; foundation exams often test precise definitions. Look for answers that reflect culture and collaboration, not just tools. Eliminate options that promote silos or blame. Practice questions Which of the three ways focuses on fast […]