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| Topic 1 | - Core DevOps Principles: This section of the exam measures the skills of IT operations specialists and covers essential DevOps principles such as the Three Ways, the Theory of Constraints, and Chaos Engineering. It also introduces the concept of learning organisations, showing how systemic thinking supports continuous improvement.
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| Topic 2 | - Sharing, Shadowing and Evolving: This section of the exam measures the skills of IT operations specialists and covers the collaborative and adaptive elements of DevOps in enterprise settings. It explores leadership, typical barriers and risks, and outlines how organisations can evolve their DevOps practices through continuous learning, peer shadowing, and experience-based transformation.
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| Topic 3 | - Exploring DevOps: This section of the exam measures the skills of DevOps engineers and covers the foundations of DevOps, including its emergence as a critical discipline in the digital era. It introduces learners to the basic purpose, evolution, and significance of DevOps in modern software and infrastructure environments.
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| Topic 4 | - Business and Technology Frameworks: This section of the exam measures the skills of IT operations specialists and covers various supporting frameworks that intersect with DevOps. These include Agile and Lean, IT Service Management, Value Stream Management, Site Reliability Engineering, Safety Culture, Learning Organisations, and Continuous Funding models that enable long-term adaptability.
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| Topic 5 | - Measurement, Metrics, and Reporting: This section of the exam measures the skills of DevOps engineers and covers metrics that help monitor and evaluate the performance of DevOps practices. Topics include speed, quality, culture, change lead time, cycle time, and the use of dashboards, value-driven metrics, and AIOps in reporting and decision-making.
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| Topic 6 | - Automation, Architecting DevOps Toolchains: This section of the exam measures the skills of IT operations specialists and covers key automation principles within the DevOps toolchain. It focuses on CI
- CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, containerisation, cloud-native architecture, platform engineering, and emerging technologies like Machine Learning and Generative AI in DevOps contexts.
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| Topic 7 | - Key DevOps Practices: This section of the exam measures the skills of DevOps engineers and covers core DevOps practices including Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment. It explores concepts such as Site Reliability Engineering, DevSecOps, Value Stream Management, Platform Engineering, and modern practices like ChatOps and observability.
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evOps Foundation v3.6 syllabus section 1.4; State of DevOps Report.