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DASA DevOps
Practitioner Launch
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
DASA
Is an independent and open association supporting the development of
high-performance IT organizations through agile DevOps initiatives.
DASA offers thought leadership as well as practical guidance for
competence development for professionals and organizations.
#DASAchat
Questions? Join Our Live Twitter Chat
Post your questions on Twitter using our
designated hashtag #DASAchat
3
Welcome!
#DASAchat
Host & Moderator
Deborah Burton
Managing Director
DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA)
5
#DASAchat
Today’s Presenters
6
Rik Farenhorst
Business Unit
Manager
Xebia
Frederik Schukken
Senior Consultant
Quint Wellington
Redwood
Gwendolyn Brink
Senior Consultant
Quint Wellington
Redwood
Theo Gerrits
Senior Consultant
Xebia
#DASAchat
Today’s Agenda
• Welcome & Introductions – Deborah Burton
– About The DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA)
• DASA DevOps Principles – How They Guide Us - Frederik Schukken – Member of DASA Editorial Board
• DASA Competence Model & Qualification Scheme - Rik Farenhorst – Member of DASA Editorial Board
• Introducing DASA DevOps Practitioner – Theo Gerrits (Xebia) & Gwendolyn Brink - Members of DASA
DevOps Practitioner Working Group
– The Skills Needed to become a DevOps Practitioner
– What Does the Course Cover and Why is it Important?
• Q&A
• Upcoming Events
7
About the
DevOps Agile Skills
Association (DASA)
#DASAchat
About the DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA)
DASA is an independent and open
association supporting the
development of high-performance IT
organizations through agile DevOps
initiatives. DASA offers thought
leadership as well as practical
guidance for competence development
for professionals and organizations.
9
#DASAchat 10
Watch the Recording
Frederik Schukken
Senior Consultant
Quint Wellington Redwood
DASA
DevOps Principles
How They Guide Us
DASA DevOps
Principles
#DASAchat
Principle 1 - Customer-Centric Action
13
#DASAchat
Principle 2 - Create with the End in Mind
14
#DASAchat
Principle 3 - End to End Responsibility
15
#DASAchat
Principle 4 - Cross-Functional Autonomous Teams
16
#DASAchat
Principle 5 - Continuous Improvement
17
#DASAchat
Principle 6 - Automate Everything You Can
18
#DASAchat
Join the New breed of IT Organizations
19
Deliver Faster
Reduce Cost
RoomforInnovation
ImproveContinuity/Stability
Rik Farenhorst
Business Unit Manager
Xebia
DASA's DevOps
Competence Model
#DASAchat
…so, let’s define and advance
the DevOps profession!
There will be X00.000 DevOps-
related jobs in 2020
Why Professionalizing DevOps Skills & Knowledge?
… but fairly little is known
about what DevOps entails or
should be
21
#DASAchat
The Key Question is …
What Competencies Do I need
to Flourish in the DevOps World?
22
#DASAchat
On the One Hand …
Demand
IT Organizations
23
#DASAchat
On the Other …
Demand Supply
IT Organizations IT Engineers
Who is going to work where?
24
#DASAchat
Matching Supply and Demand
Demand Supply
IT Organizations IT Engineers
Who is going to work where?
DASA
Competence
Framework
25
#DASAchat
The Goal of DASA
Promote a knowledge and skills
framework for DevOps, based on
a defined set of principles
Generate interest and awareness
for the need for knowledge and
skill development
Map member training content to
the role based competency
framework
Develop and evangelize a vendor
neutral DevOps qualification
program for professionals
Advance quality of training and
open source certification for
DevOps knowledge and skills
26
#DASAchat
DASA Competence Framework
The DASA Competence Framework Identifies
1- Novice / 2- Competent / 3- Proficient / 4 - Expert / 5 - Master
Knowledge
Areas
Skill Areas
Courage
Teambuilding
DevOps Leadership
Continuous improvement
Business Value Optimization
Business Analysis
Architecture & Design
Programming
Continuous Delivery
Test Specification
Infrastructure Engineering
Security, Risk & Compliance
Knowledge Areas Skills Areas
27
#DASAchat
The DASA DevOps Qualification Program
28
DevOps: Fundamentals
DevOps Specialization:
Specify and Verify
Devops Specialization:
Enable and Scale
DevOps Specialization:
Create and Deliver
DevOps: Practitioner
5
Master
2
Competent
3
Proficient
4
Expert
1
Novice
3 days
2 days
2 days 3 days2 days
#DASAchat
DASA: Going Beyond ‘Just Certification’ and
Practical Experience
Competency Level
Experience Level
Knowledge & skill Level
Basic certification in tools, technology or
core concepts (e.g. DOI, Puppet, Docker,
Agile Scrum, etc.)
Working in DevOps organizations,
attending conferences (e.g. DevOps Days)
Professionalizing DevOps & Agile skills
and knowledge to help build high-
performance IT organizations (DASA)
29
DASA DevOps
Practitioner
Course
Gwendolyn Brink
Senior Consultant
Quint Wellington
Redwood
Theo Gerrits
Senior Consultant
Xebia
#DASAchat
The Practitioner Course Focuses on DASA
Competence Skills Areas
31
Courage
Teambuilding
DevOps Leadership
Continuous improvement
• In the Practitioner we focus on the practical application of the DevOps theory and therefore
many exercises are used in this course
• A fictional case study is used as a story line throughout the whole course
#DASAchat
The Skills Areas are Elaborated in their Specific
Modules Additionally the Module Value has been Added
The module Value is
added since this is such
an important topic for
DevOps encompassing
all skills areas
32
Teambuilding
DevOps Leadership
Courage
Value - customer centric action
Continuous improvement
Module Topics of "Teambuilding"
onshape.com Linked.com Greenwich.com
Design Teams Build Teams Governance
33
#DASAchat
Teambuilding – Design and Build Teams
34
‘Product-Focused’ Team
⇥ Result Oriented
⇥ Team Organized
⇥ Product Focused
⇥ Work with Teams
⇥ Optimized for Speed
#DASAchat
Teambuilding - Governance
Governance within and between teams or between organizations
35
#DASAchat
Module Topics of "DevOps Leadership"
36
#DASAchat
DevOps Leadership – Build Culture Become a
Servant Leader
37
The True Leader
#DASAchat
A High Performance Culture
38
‘Quality first’
‘Continuous
improvement’
‘Taking
responsibility’
‘Experimentation &
risk taking
‘Trust’
HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS
#DASAchat
DevOps Leadership – Create Purpose and
Focus on Success
39
Purpose is a Prerequisite for Success:
#DASAchat
Module "Courage"
• Courage is an important skill of a
DevOps team member
• Courage Enables Innovation
40
Complacency Innovation
Apathy Fear
Urge Courageous Behavior
ProvideSafety
DevOps teams
need to be
here
#DASAchat
Module "Value - Customer Centric Action"
41
#DASAchat
Module Topics "Continuous Improvement"
Build Flow Continuous Improvement ToolsTypes of Continuous Improvement
Continuou
s
Improvem
ent Tools
Five
Times
‘Why’
Kaizen
Event
Value
Stream
Mapping
Visual
Managem
ent
Retrospec
tive
Daily
Standup
42
#DASAchat
Course Delivery Information
• All of the discussed modules will be taught in
a two-day course
• The course will be concluded with an closed
book Exam
• Exam consists of 12 multiple choice
questions, duration 45 min, for non native
English speakers 15 min extra. Passing score
is 60%
• This course builds up on the fundamentals,
therefore the Course Requirements are a
passed DevOps fundamentals exam
Download the Syllabus
43
#DASAchat
Think About What You Would Like to Achieve
The High Performance IT Organization
44
#DASAchat 45
Watch the Recording
Thank You!
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Get Ready for DASA DevOps Practitioner

  • 2. DASA Is an independent and open association supporting the development of high-performance IT organizations through agile DevOps initiatives. DASA offers thought leadership as well as practical guidance for competence development for professionals and organizations.
  • 3. #DASAchat Questions? Join Our Live Twitter Chat Post your questions on Twitter using our designated hashtag #DASAchat 3
  • 5. #DASAchat Host & Moderator Deborah Burton Managing Director DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) 5
  • 6. #DASAchat Today’s Presenters 6 Rik Farenhorst Business Unit Manager Xebia Frederik Schukken Senior Consultant Quint Wellington Redwood Gwendolyn Brink Senior Consultant Quint Wellington Redwood Theo Gerrits Senior Consultant Xebia
  • 7. #DASAchat Today’s Agenda • Welcome & Introductions – Deborah Burton – About The DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) • DASA DevOps Principles – How They Guide Us - Frederik Schukken – Member of DASA Editorial Board • DASA Competence Model & Qualification Scheme - Rik Farenhorst – Member of DASA Editorial Board • Introducing DASA DevOps Practitioner – Theo Gerrits (Xebia) & Gwendolyn Brink - Members of DASA DevOps Practitioner Working Group – The Skills Needed to become a DevOps Practitioner – What Does the Course Cover and Why is it Important? • Q&A • Upcoming Events 7
  • 8. About the DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA)
  • 9. #DASAchat About the DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) DASA is an independent and open association supporting the development of high-performance IT organizations through agile DevOps initiatives. DASA offers thought leadership as well as practical guidance for competence development for professionals and organizations. 9
  • 11. Frederik Schukken Senior Consultant Quint Wellington Redwood DASA DevOps Principles How They Guide Us
  • 13. #DASAchat Principle 1 - Customer-Centric Action 13
  • 14. #DASAchat Principle 2 - Create with the End in Mind 14
  • 15. #DASAchat Principle 3 - End to End Responsibility 15
  • 16. #DASAchat Principle 4 - Cross-Functional Autonomous Teams 16
  • 17. #DASAchat Principle 5 - Continuous Improvement 17
  • 18. #DASAchat Principle 6 - Automate Everything You Can 18
  • 19. #DASAchat Join the New breed of IT Organizations 19 Deliver Faster Reduce Cost RoomforInnovation ImproveContinuity/Stability
  • 20. Rik Farenhorst Business Unit Manager Xebia DASA's DevOps Competence Model
  • 21. #DASAchat …so, let’s define and advance the DevOps profession! There will be X00.000 DevOps- related jobs in 2020 Why Professionalizing DevOps Skills & Knowledge? … but fairly little is known about what DevOps entails or should be 21
  • 22. #DASAchat The Key Question is … What Competencies Do I need to Flourish in the DevOps World? 22
  • 23. #DASAchat On the One Hand … Demand IT Organizations 23
  • 24. #DASAchat On the Other … Demand Supply IT Organizations IT Engineers Who is going to work where? 24
  • 25. #DASAchat Matching Supply and Demand Demand Supply IT Organizations IT Engineers Who is going to work where? DASA Competence Framework 25
  • 26. #DASAchat The Goal of DASA Promote a knowledge and skills framework for DevOps, based on a defined set of principles Generate interest and awareness for the need for knowledge and skill development Map member training content to the role based competency framework Develop and evangelize a vendor neutral DevOps qualification program for professionals Advance quality of training and open source certification for DevOps knowledge and skills 26
  • 27. #DASAchat DASA Competence Framework The DASA Competence Framework Identifies 1- Novice / 2- Competent / 3- Proficient / 4 - Expert / 5 - Master Knowledge Areas Skill Areas Courage Teambuilding DevOps Leadership Continuous improvement Business Value Optimization Business Analysis Architecture & Design Programming Continuous Delivery Test Specification Infrastructure Engineering Security, Risk & Compliance Knowledge Areas Skills Areas 27
  • 28. #DASAchat The DASA DevOps Qualification Program 28 DevOps: Fundamentals DevOps Specialization: Specify and Verify Devops Specialization: Enable and Scale DevOps Specialization: Create and Deliver DevOps: Practitioner 5 Master 2 Competent 3 Proficient 4 Expert 1 Novice 3 days 2 days 2 days 3 days2 days
  • 29. #DASAchat DASA: Going Beyond ‘Just Certification’ and Practical Experience Competency Level Experience Level Knowledge & skill Level Basic certification in tools, technology or core concepts (e.g. DOI, Puppet, Docker, Agile Scrum, etc.) Working in DevOps organizations, attending conferences (e.g. DevOps Days) Professionalizing DevOps & Agile skills and knowledge to help build high- performance IT organizations (DASA) 29
  • 30. DASA DevOps Practitioner Course Gwendolyn Brink Senior Consultant Quint Wellington Redwood Theo Gerrits Senior Consultant Xebia
  • 31. #DASAchat The Practitioner Course Focuses on DASA Competence Skills Areas 31 Courage Teambuilding DevOps Leadership Continuous improvement • In the Practitioner we focus on the practical application of the DevOps theory and therefore many exercises are used in this course • A fictional case study is used as a story line throughout the whole course
  • 32. #DASAchat The Skills Areas are Elaborated in their Specific Modules Additionally the Module Value has been Added The module Value is added since this is such an important topic for DevOps encompassing all skills areas 32 Teambuilding DevOps Leadership Courage Value - customer centric action Continuous improvement
  • 33. Module Topics of "Teambuilding" onshape.com Linked.com Greenwich.com Design Teams Build Teams Governance 33
  • 34. #DASAchat Teambuilding – Design and Build Teams 34 ‘Product-Focused’ Team ⇥ Result Oriented ⇥ Team Organized ⇥ Product Focused ⇥ Work with Teams ⇥ Optimized for Speed
  • 35. #DASAchat Teambuilding - Governance Governance within and between teams or between organizations 35
  • 36. #DASAchat Module Topics of "DevOps Leadership" 36
  • 37. #DASAchat DevOps Leadership – Build Culture Become a Servant Leader 37 The True Leader
  • 38. #DASAchat A High Performance Culture 38 ‘Quality first’ ‘Continuous improvement’ ‘Taking responsibility’ ‘Experimentation & risk taking ‘Trust’ HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS
  • 39. #DASAchat DevOps Leadership – Create Purpose and Focus on Success 39 Purpose is a Prerequisite for Success:
  • 40. #DASAchat Module "Courage" • Courage is an important skill of a DevOps team member • Courage Enables Innovation 40 Complacency Innovation Apathy Fear Urge Courageous Behavior ProvideSafety DevOps teams need to be here
  • 41. #DASAchat Module "Value - Customer Centric Action" 41
  • 42. #DASAchat Module Topics "Continuous Improvement" Build Flow Continuous Improvement ToolsTypes of Continuous Improvement Continuou s Improvem ent Tools Five Times ‘Why’ Kaizen Event Value Stream Mapping Visual Managem ent Retrospec tive Daily Standup 42
  • 43. #DASAchat Course Delivery Information • All of the discussed modules will be taught in a two-day course • The course will be concluded with an closed book Exam • Exam consists of 12 multiple choice questions, duration 45 min, for non native English speakers 15 min extra. Passing score is 60% • This course builds up on the fundamentals, therefore the Course Requirements are a passed DevOps fundamentals exam Download the Syllabus 43
  • 44. #DASAchat Think About What You Would Like to Achieve The High Performance IT Organization 44