Foundation Certificate in DevOps (FCDO)

Certification Overview

Foundation Certificate in DevOps (FCDO)

Exam Code: FCDO-001

Projects these days have to be synonymous with quality, Agility, scalability and flexibility. Only a project that successfully combines continuous software delivery with fast fixes to problems in a stable operating environment, can achieve business benefits and client satisfaction. To ensure this, organizations are adopting DevOps—a systematic approach that relies on collaborative effort between operations, development, and QA, through the entire lifecycle of a project that leads to continuous improvement and Agility.

Given its numerous advantages, it is expected that project/product managers or those working on Enterprise Infrastructures, understand the various DevOps tools and technologies and their use in solving infrastructure issues.

DevOps Foundation Certification provides an introduction to DevOps the cultural and professional movement that stresses communication, collaboration, integration and automation in order to improve the flow of work between software developers and IT operations professionals. Improved workflows will result in an improved ability to design, develop, deploy and operate software and services faster. .

The DevOps Foundation Certification has been designed to help accelerate and ensure the success of your improvement efforts. This course brings recognized DevOps, Service Delivery, and Automation experts into your company to provide valuable lessons learned and best practices from high performing organizations across the industry.

Exam Information

The exam comprises of 40 Multiple Choice Questions out of which the candidate needs to score 80% (32 out of 40 correct) to pass the exam.

The total duration of the exam is 1 hour (60 Minutes).

  • The exam is conducted in a non-proctored mode and can be taken anytime and anywhere within an eight-month validity period.
  • Upon purchasing the Premium Package or an Exam Voucher Code, a voucher code with two attempts will be assigned to your login profile under the "My Vouchers" tab. You can then take the exam through the "My Exam(s)" tab in your profile. To take the exam, simply apply the voucher code.
  • The Exam Voucher included in the Premium Package or purchased separately is valid for two (2) attempts. If you are unable to pass the exam within these two attempts, you can purchase a new voucher code, which will grant you an additional two attempts.
  • Kindly Note: The voucher will not be valid for a second attempt if you pass the exam on your first attempt.

Foundation Certificate in DevOps Certificate is valid for life.

FCDO™ is a Trademark of GAQM.

Note: The Foundation Certificate in DevOps (FCDO)™ Certification has no pre-requisites (Completion of an E-Course is not mandatory from GAQMBok portal), but we highly recommend doing the E-Course as maximum number of questions are drawn from the E-Course in the actual exam.

Course Outline

Module Information - 1

  • Overview & Basic Concepts
  • DevOps Principles
  • DevOps and Automation & Benefits
  • DevOps Culture
  • Collaboration & communication in DevOps
  • Three ways of DevOps
  • Software development in DevOps
  • Overview of Agile and its vocabulary

Module Information - 2

  • Various roles in agile development
  • User Stories, Acceptance Criteria & EPIC
  • Product Backlog and its refinement in DevOps
  • Dev performance using dashboard and burn down chart
  • Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog
  • Event - Product Backlog Refinement
  • Event - Sprint Planning Meeting
  • Event - Daily Scrum


Module Information - 3

  • Event - Sprint Review
  • Event - Sprint Retrospective
  • Lean principles and method
  • How lean is used in DevOps
  • DevOps Practices
  • Automation & Tools
  • DevOps Implementation
  • Challenges, Risk & Critical Success Factors

Target Audience

  • Individuals and organisations seeking a fundamental understanding of DevOps
  • Employees, managers, stakeholders and suppliers who are leading or contributing to an organisation’s DevOps initiatives
  • Consultants guiding their clients through DevOps programs and process improvement initiatives
  • Individuals and organizations seeking a foundational understanding of DevOps
  • Application and infrastructure providers whose products are part of the DevOps tool chain
  • Internal and external suppliers
  • Business stakeholders
  • Process stakeholders

Registration Process for E-Course or E-Book and Exam

Exam
Voucher

  • Validity: 240 Days
  • Price: 150 USD
  • Please Read Carefully:

    1) The Exam Voucher is valid for two (2) attempts.

    2) You will receive your voucher code within 24 business hours.

    3) Once you receive the voucher code, you can take the exam via the "My Exam(s)" tab in your login profile.