SAFe DevOps with Practitioner Certification (SDP) - Reading/Boston - December

Summary

To compete in a disruptive global market, every organization needs to deliver valuable technology solutions at the speed of business. This requires a shared DevOps mindset among all the people needed to define, build, test, deploy, and release software-driven systems — not just the engineers operating a CI/CD pipeline.
The two-day, interactive SAFe® DevOps course helps people across technical, non-technical, and leadership roles work together to optimize their value stream from end to end. Attendees will learn what DevOps is, why it is important to every role, and design a continuous delivery pipeline that is tailored to their business. Attendees work in cross-functional teams to map their current state value stream from concept to cash, identify major bottlenecks to flow, and build an actionable implementation plan that will accelerate the benefits of DevOps in their organization.
Attendees will leave with the knowledge they need to support and enable a successful DevOps initiative at scale. The course also prepares attendees for the SAFe® DevOps Practitioner (SDP) certification exam.

Attending the class prepares individuals to take the exam and become a certified SAFe® DevOps Practitioner (SDP)

Learning Goals
After attending the class, attendees should be able to:

Explain how DevOps enables strategic business objectives
Apply a CALMR approach to DevOps to avoid automating broken processes
Understand how successful DevOps requires continuous exploration, continuous integration, continuous deployment, and the ability to release to end users on demand
Incorporate continuous testing and continuous security into the delivery pipeline
Use value stream mapping to measure flow and identify bottlenecks in the end-to-end delivery process
Select DevOps skills and tools strategically for the fastest, most compelling results
Prioritize DevOps solutions and investments for greatest economic benefit
Design and implement a multi-phased DevOps transformation plan tailored to their organization
Work with all roles and levels in the organization to continually optimize the value stream

Topics Covered

Introducing DevOps
Mapping your Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Gaining alignment with Continuous Exploration
Building quality with Continuous Integration
Reducing time-to-market with Continuous Deployment
Delivering Business Value with Release on Demand
Taking action

What Attendees Get
The class registration includes:

Attendee workbook
Preparation and eligibility to take the exam
One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform
Certification of completion
SAFe DevOps Practitioner certification upon passing of exam

Attendees must attend both days of the course in order to qualify for the exam.

Who will benefit?
The following will benefit from this course:

All members of an Agile Release Train and/or value stream
Developers, Testers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and other Agile Team members
Infrastructure and Operations engineers and practitioners
Configuration Managers, Release Managers, and Change Management professionals
Architects, Database Administrators, and Information Security professionals
Product Managers, Portfolio Managers, Product Owners, Release Train Engineers, and UI/UX Developers
Development, Engineering, QA, Infrastructure, and Operations Managers
IT and Business change agents, leaders, and executives

Prerequisites

None. All are welcome to attend the course without prior DevOps or SAFe experience.

SAFe Certification Kit
Becoming a Certified SAFeDevOps Practitioner requires an exceptional range of skills and is a career path for many servant leaders. Certification includes:

SAFe Certified DevOps Practitioner PDF certificate
SAFe Certified DevOps Practitioner digital badge to promote your accomplishment online
One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform, which includes access to the SDP Community of Practice
Access to Meetup groups  and events that connect you with other SAFe Certified Professionals
A variety of learning resources to support you during your SAFe journey

Annual Renewal
Certifications expire one year from the date the certification is earned.

Renewal fee is $100

Exam Details

Exam name – SAFe DevOps Practitioner Exam
Exam format – Multiple choice, multiple response
Exam delivery – Web-based (single-browser), closed book, no outside assistance, timed
Exam access –  Candidates can access to the exam within the SAFe Community Platform upon completion of the SAFe 4 DevOps Practitioner course

More Exam Details

Exam duration – Once the exam begins, candidates have 90 minutes (1.5 hours) to complete the exam.
Number of questions – 45
Passing score – 33 out of 45 (73%)
Language – English
Exam cost – First exam attempt is included as part of the course registration fee if the exam is taken within 30 days of course completion. Each retake attempt costs $50.

Professional Development Units (PDUs) and Scrum Education Units (SEUs)

Attendees may be eligible to apply for 15 PDUs toward their continuing education requirements with the Project Management Institute (PMI) for PMP, PgMP, and PMI-ACP certifications
Attendees may be eligible to apply for SEUs under Category C, toward earning or renewing their CSP through the Scrum Alliance

Instructor: Bob Fischer, Agile Training Lead

Bob Fischer works with organizations that have found agility to be essential to their ability to not only survive but to thrive in a time of rapid change, technology upheaval and intense competition. His systemic approach enables companies to look across their whole organization to envision, design, build and deliver high value products to existing customer and new markets.
Prior to becoming an organizational agility consultant, Bob was a Vice President at Fidelity Investments, which included responsibility for the deployment of Agile to over 400 people, including both coaching at the team and program level as well as working with functional groups not directly involved in Agile such as Finance, HR, and Process Ownership. The cultural change included getting agreement between the Business Unit President, CIO, CFO, and the head of Product Development on a common strategy for deploying Agile. Bob was also an organization-wide catalyst at Fidelity, helping to broaden the deployment of Agile across the larger organization.
Mr. Fischer has over 30 years in IT, with a wide range of roles and responsibilities and is credentialed as a SAFe Program Consultant (SPC).
Tim Reaves, Enterprise Delivery & Technical Lead
Timothy Reaves is Eliassen Group’s Enterprise Delivery & Technical Lead. He has been in the IT industry for more than 20 years, with the last 10 years as a senior Enterprise Architect level. He specializes in delivery; covering all aspects of IT needed to bring software from ideation through delivery, on to decommissioning.  He has experience with the largest of companies, and understands the challenges large software projects entail.  He has a practical understand of agile software development, and the related technical practices. DevOps and automating all facets of IT are current areas of focus.