Program Objectives
This training program is open to anyone interested in expanding their professional skills. The practical examples and exercises are chosen so they map well to the daily work of IT Consultants; participation is expressly open to everyone, regardless of current professional role. The course teaches methods, tools, and content that can be applied in many different work contexts.
The following typical tasks from the daily work of IT Consultants serve as worked examples in the exercises; they can be adapted to other fields of activity during the course:
- Architecture reviews
- Use-case maps
- Proof-of-concept evaluations
- TCO models
- Vendor evaluations
DevOps Foundation Fast Track
- Introduction to DevOps and its rationale
- DevOps and Agile concepts
- DevOps values and principles
- DevOps culture and immunity
- DevOps stakeholders and collaboration
- Agile methodologies and service management
- DevOps culture and behavior
- DevOps roles, toolchains, and collaboration
- Core DevOps practices (Part 1)
- Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment
- Continuous Everything: A holistic approach
- Testing methods and quality assurance
- Core DevOps practices (Part 2)
- Containers, microservices, and open source
- Lean thinking and lean production
- The DevOps tool landscape
- Metrics, KPIs, and performance measurement
- Change management and resilience
- Automation strategies for common challenges
- Scrum, Kanban, and scaled agile frameworks
- DevOps and frameworks
- Innovative practices: ChatOps, Dojos, and experiments
- Value stream mapping and constraint management
- Value stream analysis and continuous improvement
- Measuring and improving with DevOps
- Knowledge sharing
- The Three Ways and the Improvement Kata
- ChatOps and collaboration
- DevOps in practice and program conclusion
- Change Failure Rate and Change Fatigue
- Change Lead Time and Cycle Times
- DevSecOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
- Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
- Introduction to ISO 27001 and ISMS initiation
- Planning the implementation of an ISMS
- Implementing an ISMS
- Standards and regulatory frameworks
- ISMS monitoring, continuous improvement, and preparation for certification audits
- Information Security Management System (ISMS) fundamentals
- Core concepts and principles of information security
- Initiating ISMS implementation
- ISO 27001 clauses 4-10
- Leadership and project approval
- ISMS scope
- Organizational structure
- Analysis of the existing system
- Information security policy
- Risk management
- Statement of Applicability (SoA)
- Learning success controls
- Selection and design of controls
- Document control
- Communication
- Managing security operations
- Monitoring, measurement, analysis, and evaluation
- Internal audit
- Management review
- Handling of nonconformities
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Understand and apply fundamental DevOps principles and practices.
- Implement continuous integration, delivery, and deployment pipelines.
- Analyze and improve IT processes using Lean and Agile methodologies.
- Comprehend the requirements of the ISO 27001 standard.
- Plan, implement, and manage an Information Security Management System (ISMS).
- Conduct risk assessments and select appropriate security controls.
- Prepare an organization for an ISO 27001 certification audit.
- Foster a culture of security and continuous improvement within an organization.
Career Prospects
This program is designed for IT professionals seeking to enhance their expertise in modern IT operations and information security. Potential career paths include roles in IT operations, software development, system administration, security management, compliance, and IT consulting. Graduates will be well-positioned for positions that require a strong understanding of both efficient software delivery and robust information security frameworks.