DevOps Engineer to Cloud Architect - Part 1 DevOps Engineer

• Explore the concept of DevOps, including DevOps practices and
• principles that can help eliminate the problems of traditional
• software development approaches. Examine different approaches for
• embracing the DevOps mindset, key elements of the DevOps mindset,
• and the roles of design thinking, Lean, and Agile in enabling and
• facilitating the DevOps mindset in the enterprises. In addition,
• discover the role of the cloud in realizing the benefits of DevOps,
• the criteria for selecting on-premise, cloud, hybrid or multi-cloud
• architectures, and how to enable code collaboration and
• configuration management.

• Explore the common application management roadblocks and the

• solutions provided by adopting DevOps practices and principles.
• Examine the concept of Disciplined DevOps and its workflow,
• critical change management elements for achieving better outcomes
• with the right cultural shift, prominent deployment strategies, and
• tools and platforms that are used to set up DevOps deployment
• environments. Discover how to use DevOps to bring people, process
• and technology together for digital transformation and how to set
• up deployment environments and release management solutions using
• Atlassian tools and cloud containers.

• Explore Kanban strategies for meeting project timelines, core

• practices used in Kanban, terms and goals that are critical for
• successful rollout of Kanban for operations, and key elements of
• Kanban for project management. Discover how to track and forecast
• projects using Kanban and how Waterfall teams can transition to
• Kanban. Examine project management tools that can be used to
• implement Kanban and key Kanban board metrics for tracking and
• measuring project progress. In addition, how to create Kanban
• projects, create and configure Kanban boards to monitor and manage
• projects and DevOps practices, and set WIP limits are also
• covered.

• Explore the objectives of Agile, core principles of the Agile

• Manifesto, the similarities and differences between Agile and
• DevOps, and the combined benefits provided by DevOps and Agile.
• Examine the types of reports that can help track Work in Progress,
• the process of visual requirements gathering for Agile project
• management, and key performance indicators and metrics for
• evaluating the progress of Agile development projects. Discover how
• to create Scrum boards, manage Backlogs and Sprints, and set up and
• implement Agile product development projects and practices using
• Jira, Azure DevOps, and TFS.

• Explore the concepts of continuous delivery and continuous

• integration, key principles and tools for implementing them, and
• the differences between continuous integration, continuous
• delivery, and continuous deployment. Examine the Continuous
• Delivery Maturity Model, the use of Application Release Automation,
• and the criteria for selecting the right code repository solutions.
• Discover how to set up continuous delivery architectures, use
• Bitbucket to set up repositories, configure pipelines for
• continuous delivery, implement continuous integration workflows and
• continuous deployment pipelines, build continuous delivery
• workflows with Atlassian tools, and use GitLab as a complete DevOps
• platform.

• Explore the benefits of using AWS for implementing CloudOps, AWS

• services that can be used for end-to-end CloudOps lifecycle
• implementation, implementation approaches for continuous
• integration and continuous delivery in AWS, and deployment targets
• in AWS. Discover how to work with AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeCommit,
• AWS CodeStar, and AWS X-Ray to implement continuous integration,
• manage code repositories, and build, deploy and manage
• applications.

• Explore the features of prominent Azure DevOps and CloudOps

• tools that can be used for software development, the mindset shift
• to DevSecOps, and how to transform monolithic solutions to cloud
• solutions. Discover how to install and configure Azure Boards for
• GitHub, create local Git repositories, and synchronize repositories
• with centralized Git repositories in Azure DevOps. Examine how to
• use Azure Boards to manage software projects, configure CI/CD for
• applications in Azure Pipelines, work with Azure Artifacts to
• publish various packages in Azure DevOps, monitor application
• performance using Application Insights, and use Azure DevOps to
• manage the software development project testing lifecycle.

• Explore the features, benefits, and solutions of Google Cloud

• Platform for end-to-end CloudOps implementation. Examine the Cloud
• Build features for continuous integration, GCP configuration
• management tools, the GCP reference pipeline for continuous
• integration, and the benefits of using GCP for continuous delivery.
• Discover how to work GCP tools like Cloud Build, Cloud Source
• Repository, and Google Kubernetes Engine to create and manage
• Source Code Repository, as well as how to build configuration
• management workflows, automate continuous integration workflows for
• serverless applications, automate App Engine deployments, and
• create continuous delivery pipelines.

• Examine the deficiencies associated with manual resource

• configuration and how Infrastructure as Code (IaC) can eliminate
• those deficiencies. Explore the benefits and best practices for
• implementing Infrastructure as Code, the prominent tools and
• services that can be used to implement Infrastructure as Code, and
• the concept and benefits of Policy as Code. Discover Continuous
• Configuration Automation and tools used to implement it, Chef
• features, components and tools for implementing Continuous
• Configuration Automation, how to install Chef and write cookbooks,
• and also how to implement Infrastructure as Code using
• CloudFormation.

Final Exam: DevOps Engineer will test your knowledge and application of the topics presented throughout the DevOps Engineer track of the Skillsoft Aspire DevOps Engineer to CloudOps Architect Journey.