DevOps Foundation
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DevOps Foundation® is a fast-paced, interactive two-day course that introduces essential DevOps principles, practices, and cultural shifts. Through real-world examples and hands-on exercises, you'll learn how DevOps bridges development and operations to drive collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement.
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$1,495.00
Dec 10 - Dec 11, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM America/New_York- VILT
Inspired by The Phoenix Project and backed by the latest State of DevOps research, this course goes beyond theory. It helps business and technical professionals alike understand how to bridge silos, increase collaboration, and accelerate innovation. Whether you're looking to drive digital transformation or just work more effectively in cross-functional teams, DevOps Foundation® sets you up for success.
This course builds foundational knowledge of DevOps as both a cultural movement and a practical approach to modern software development. You'll explore the "Three Ways" of DevOps, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), infrastructure as code, and automation strategies using tools like Docker and Kubernetes. It highlights how DevOps aligns with Agile, Lean, ITSM, and project management while supporting continuous improvement, reduced change failures, and faster deployment. You'll also study real-world case studies, cultural frameworks, DevSecOps, and DevOps Institute best practices that accelerate innovation across the development and operations lifecycle.
Who should attend DevOps Foundation Course
Target Audience
The target audience for the DevOps Foundation course includes Management, Operations, Developers, QA and Testing professionals such as:
- Individuals involved in IT development, IT operations or IT service management
- Individuals who require an understanding of DevOps principles
- IT professionals working within, or about to enter, an Agile Service Design Environment
The following IT roles:
- Automation Architects
- Application Developers
- Business Analysts
- Business Managers
- Business Stakeholders
- Change Agents
- Consultants
- DevOps Consultants
- DevOps Engineers
- Infrastructure Architect
- Integration Specialists
- IT Directors
- IT Managers
- IT Operations
- IT Team Leaders
- Lean Coaches
- Network Administrators
- Operations Managers
- Project Managers
- Release Engineers
- Software Developers
- Software Tester/QA
- System Administrators
- Systems Engineers
- System Integrators
- Tool Providers
Prerequisites for DevOps Foundation Course
DevOps Foundation Course Outline
- Defining DevOps
- Why Does DevOps Matter?
- The Three Ways
- The First Way
- The Theory of Constraints
- The Second Way
- The Third Way
- Chaos Engineering
- Learning Organizations
- Continuous Delivery
- Site Reliability & Resilience Engineering
- DevSecOps
- ChatOps
- Kanban
- Agile
- ITSM
- Lean
- Safety Culture
- Learning Organizations
- Sociocracy/Holacracy
- Continuous Funding
- Defining Culture
- Behavioral Models
- Organizational maturity models
- Target Operating Models
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- Containers
- Kubernetes
- DevOps Toolchain
- The Importance of Metrics
- Technical Metrics
- Business Metrics
- Measuring & Reporting Metrics
- Collaborative Platforms
- Immersive, Experiential Learning
- DevOps Leadership
- Evolving Change
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This course is designed for IT professionals involved in development, operations, or service management, including Developers, QA/Testers, DevOps Engineers, IT Managers, Business Analysts, and System Administrators working in or entering Agile Service Design environments.
Participants should have familiarity with IT software development and operations responsibilities. No formal certifications are required, but a basic understanding of IT workflows is helpful.
The course covers the Three Ways of DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), DevSecOps, ChatOps, Kanban, and automation toolchains, along with metrics and reporting for measuring DevOps success.
The course explores how DevOps principles align and integrate with Agile, Lean, ITSM, and project management practices, helping professionals apply DevOps within existing organizational frameworks and operating models.
Learners will gain foundational knowledge of DevOps culture and practices, understand continuous integration/delivery, automation strategies, and cultural transformation models, and learn to apply DevOps Institute best practices to improve deployment speed and reduce change failures.