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Introducing DevOps Foundation

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Agenda• What is DevOps?• Who uses DevOps and Why?• What is DevOps Foundation? • Class Schedule


About Us

Xellentro is an emerging global provider of project, program, portfolio management, IT Service management and Agile consulting and training services. Established in 2012, with Headquarters in Bangalore, India, Xellentro works closely with its clients in tackling their most difficult organizational development challenges. Xellentro is a specialist organization that works with its clients to identify improvement areas and uses experienced consultants to enhance their business and development processes.While the realm of Management Consulting is vast and a number of firms provide a range of advisory services – starting from niche areas to general management domains – what differentiates us is our practitioner’s approach where we don’t limit ourselves only to advisory and rather prefer to stay on till envisaged benefits are realized and final outcomes are delivered. We bring in huge experience across industry verticals and geographies which make us confident enough to put our neck into the stake when it comes to achieving envisaged benefits and values.


What is DevOps?

• Responds to accelerated demand for quality software products and services

• Acknowledges the interdependence of IT functions

• Recognizes the need for cultural improvements

• Supports and leverages agile, lean and IT service management (ITSM) practices

• Encourages the use of automation

DevOps is a cultural and professional movement that stresses communication, collaboration and integration between software

developers and IT operations professionals.


DevOps’ Goals• Better IT alignment and business responsiveness• Faster, smaller, more frequent releases• Improved

• Time to market• Quality of code, products and services• Productivity• Customer satisfaction• Employee satisfaction

• Less waste and fewer defects• Lower long-term costs


• Enterprises have young, nimble start-up competitors• Agile software development is increasing• More organizations are migrating to the cloud • Consumers have “app” mentalities and expectations• There is more data available to the business• Time to market must increase

Why is DevOps Important Now?

Is DevOps realistic for Enterprise IT? Yes.

While enterprise IT faces legacy challenges, DevOps practices are universal and adaptable to different environments.


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Why Enterprises Should Adopt DevOps (1)

• Today’s business environment is fast moving, competitive and technology driven

• To thrive, enterprises must do more than simply leverage technology; they must use technology to enable constant and strategic innovation

• DevOps principles and practices enable IT organizations to demonstrably improve their service delivery capability


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Companies with high IT performance are twice as likely to exceed their goals• Profitability• Market share• Productivity

DevOps practices improve IT performance.

Strong IT performance is a competitive advantage.

Source: 2014 State of DevOps Report – Puppet Labs and IT Revolution Press



• Organizations are more agile• Code is shipped 30 times faster• Deployments are completed 8000 times faster

• Services are more reliable• There are 50% fewer failures• Service is restored 12 times faster

Organizations that implemented DevOps practices were up to five times more likely to be high performing.

Source: 2013 State of DevOps Report – Puppet Labs and IT Revolution Press



• DevOps enables IT organizations to meet two critical business goals simultaneously

• Respond to urgent business needs (change fast)• Provide stable, reliable and secure IT services

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DevOps Foundation Course

From Xellentro Consulting Services LLP Authorized partner of DevOps Institute


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What is the DevOps Foundation course?• A sixteen (16) hour certification course that

provides foundational knowledge of DevOps including

• DevOps vocabulary• DevOps values and practices• The relationship between DevOps, Lean,

Agile and ITSM• The principles of DevOps automation• Guidance for nurturing a DevOps culture

The course and certification examination are accredited by the DevOps Institute.


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Course Overview• Goals, objectives and vocabulary• Benefits to the business• Performance measures and real-world results• Principles• Concepts and practices (including DevOps’ relationship to

Agile, Lean and ITSM/ITIL )• Culture and organizational considerations• Communication and collaboration practices• Automation practices and technology considerations• Adoption considerations in an enterprise environment• Challenges, risks and critical success factors


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Who Should Attend? (1)• Individuals involved in software development,

IT operations, IT service management or IT project management, particularly those in an enterprise environment

• Individuals who require a foundational understanding of DevOps values, principles, practices and automation

• IT professionals working in an Agile, Lean or ITSM environment

• Individuals interested in understanding some of the cultural considerations associated with adopting DevOps

• Individuals who will lead DevOps initiatives and serve as change champions


Who Should Attend? (2)

• Software developers• Systems engineers• IT Operations staff• Infrastructure

architects• Agile, Lean or ITSM

certified individuals

• IT Leadership• Project managers• Business analysts• IT Consultants• Business consultants• Business stakeholders• Tool suppliers


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DevOps Foundation Course Benefits • It’s comprehensive

• including an extensive collection of basic DevOps terms and concepts

• It’s holistic• Reflects all aspects of DevOps (people,

processes and technology)• Addresses the organizational change

aspects of adopting a DevOps culture

• It’s highly interactive• including practical hands-on

assignments that reinforce the course material


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Summary• The DevOps Foundation certification course

helps organizations and individuals• Create a common mindset• Gather momentum• Initiate dialog and discussion• Cross-pollinate practices• Discuss existing capabilities • Identify future opportunities• Begin a gap analysis• Lay a foundation for future educational

opportunities


Upcoming Classes

• Call 8105966200 for class dates

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