This course is designed for participants who are engaged in the design,
implementation, and management of DevOps deployment pipelines
and toolchains that support Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery,
Continuous Testing and potentially Continuous Deployment.

The course highlights underpinning processes, metrics, APls and cultural
considerations with Continuous Delivery. Key benefits of Continuous Delivery
will be covered including increased velocity to assist organizations to respond
to market changes rapidly, thus being able to outmaneuver competition,
reduce risk and lower costs while releasing higher quality solutions. Increased
productivity and employee morale by having more activities performed by
pipelines instead of humans so teams can focus on vision while pipelines do
the execution.

Built upon the principles and practices highlighted in bestselling books such as
“Continuous Delivery,” “Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and
DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations,” and
more written by thought leaders in the DevOps movement. The Continuous
Delivery Ecosystem Foundation course equips IT professionals with the
broad-based competencies necessary in architecting and orchestrating
effective and efficient automated deployment pipelines. The course materials
will include practical artifacts, templates, and lexicons collected by the
author, Marc Hornbeek, to assist learners, post-class. This certification positions
learners to successfully complete the Continuous Delivery Ecosystem
Foundation exam.

The learning objectives for CDEF include a practical understanding of:
● Goals, history, terminology, and pipeline
● The importance, practices & transformation of a DevOps collaborative culture
● Design practices, such as modular design and microservices
● Continuous Integration (Cl), such as version control, builds, and remediation
● Tenets and best practices of Continuous Testing (CT)
● Continuous Delivery and Deployment (CD): packaging, containers, and
release
● Continuous Monitoring (CM): monitoring and analysis infrastructure, process,
and apps
● Infrastructure and tools: frameworks, tools, and infrastructure as code
● Security Assurance: DevSecOps
● The opportunity to hear and share real-life scenarios

The target audience for the Continuous Delivery Ecosystem Foundation
course is anyone interested in learning about the principles of Continuous
Integration and Continuous Delivery, such as:
● Build Engineers
● Enterprise Architects
● IT Managers
● Maintenance and Support Staff
● Operational and Infrastructure Teams
● Project Managers / QA Managers
● Release Managers and Engineers
● Software Developers
● Security Professionals
● Testers

An understanding and knowledge of common DevOps terminology and
concepts and related work experience are recommended.

● Sixteen (16) hours of instructor-led training and exercise facilitation
● Digital Learner Manual (excellent post-class reference)
● Participation in exercises designed to apply concepts
● Sample documents, templates, tools and techniques
● Access to additional sources of information and communities

Successfully passing (65%) the 60-minute examination, consisting of 40
multiple-choice questions, leads to the candidate’s designation as
Continuous Delivery Ecosystem Foundation (CDEF) certified.

The certification is governed and maintained by the DevOps Institute.