CDE Introduction
Certified DevOps Engineer program developed by Certificore for devops professionals who wants to certify their skills.
This qualification is the advanced of the devops certification scheme is aimed at anyone working within an organization (internally or externally) who may require to have and demonstrate a solid knowledge and understanding of the devops and its application. The certification can also cater for candidates seeking personal certification, also in regards to their knowledge and understanding of the requirements and the content of the best practice.
This qualification will provide the advanced level of knowledge to its holders and will certify that they have a solid understanding of the standard and its content. Note that this qualification provides the advanced level of knowledge for:
- DevOps Teams
- Software Development Teams
- IT Operation Teams
Learning Objectives
Candidates will be introduced to the principles and core elements of the devops, and more specifically:
- DevOps Fundamentals
- DevOps Culture
- DevOps Organization
- DevOps Processes
- DevOps Automation
- DevOps Assessment and Measurement
Examination
CDE Certification Exam is designed to validate a candidate’s knowledge of the contents and requirements of the devops and will allow for further development along the devops certification path. TheCDE exam focuses on the following two (2) categories in the cognitive domain ofBloom’s taxonomy:
- Knowledge
- Comprehension
Entry Criteria/Training Requirements
No specific entry criteria exist for candidates of the CDE examination. However, it is strongly recommended that candidates have at least a basic knowledge of devops concepts and terminology and have undergone some formal training on the subject with a proposed duration of 16 hours. A detailed breakdown of these training hours, per topic area is provided in the syllabus section.
Assessment Approach
The assessment approach used for the CDE certification focuses on the two basic categories of Knowledge and Comprehension. Knowledge is defined as recalling previously learned material, from facts to theories and represents the lowest level of learning outcomes in the cognitive domain. Such learning outcomes are turned in assessment objectives that include knowing and recalling such as:
Common and/or basic terms, definitions, concepts and principles of devops
Specific devops requirements and facts
DevOps methods and tools
| Delivery | Paper based |
| Type | 40 Multiple choice questions Single answer, one of four possible answers Each question is awarded one (1) mark |
| Duration |
1 hour (60 minutes) For non-native speakers or candidates with a disability, an additional 15 minutes of extra time is allowed. |
| Pass Mark | 65% (26/40) |
| Invigilator / Proctor | Yes . Physical or Web proctoring |
| Open Book | Yes |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Certification validity | No Expiration |
Comprehension is the lowest level of understanding and entails the ability to grasp the meaning of the material taught, including some sort of interpretation, translation or estimation during the process. Such learning outcomes and in turn assessment objectives go beyond simply recalling information and may include:
Understanding facts, concepts and principles
Interpreting material (i.e. charts, graphs, text)
Justifying a Process, procedure and assessment method
The assessment incorporates the above learning outcomes as it uses assessment objectives that cater for the above cognitive domain categories.
Examination Format
The tests are derived from a regularly updated question test bank (QTB) based on the test specification detailed below. Questions are used interchangeably among test sets. The overall difficulty level of each test is the same with any other test. A candidate is never assigned the same test in the case of multiple examination attempts.
Detailed Course Content
The syllabus contains references to the DevOps domain and is structured into sections relating to major subject headings and numbered with a single digit section number.
Syllabus details for CDE Certification and Training :
| CATEGORY | REF | KNOWLEDGE SET |
| CDE 1.1 DevOps Fundamentals | CDE-1.1.1 | DevOps Essential Terms |
| CDE-1.1.2 | DevOps Essential Principles | |
| CDE-1.1.3 | DevOps Movement Origins | |
| CDE-1.1.4 | DevOps History and Future | |
| CDE-1.1.5 | DevOps Roots: Agile, Lean, ITIL | |
| CDE-1.2 DevOps Culture | CDE-1.2.1 | Organizational Culture |
| CDE-1.2.2 | Essential DevOps Culture Attributes | |
| CDE-1.2.3 | DevOps Team Members Cultural Aspects | |
| CDE-1.2.4 | Collaboration and Teamwork | |
| CDE-1.2.5 | Kaizen Mindset | |
| CDE-1.2.6 | Product Focus | |
| CDE-1.2.7 | Courage and Innovation | |
| CDE-1.2.8 | Self Organizing and Managing Product Teams | |
| CDE-1.2.9 | Sandbox and Experimentation | |
| CDE-1.2.10 | How to Set and Improve DevOps Culture in an Organization | |
| CDE-1.2.11 | Organizational Change Management for DevOps Culture | |
| CDE-1.3 DevOps Organization | CDE-1.3.1 | DevOps Organization Model |
| CDE-1.3.2 | Product Team Structure | |
| CDE-1.3.3 | DevOps Team Roles | |
| CDE-1.3.4 | Autonomy | |
| CDE-1.3.5 | Case Study : Spotify Org. Model | |
| CDE-1.3.6 | DevOps Microservice Product Architecture Model vs Organizational Model | |
| CDE-1.3.7 | Agile Organization Model | |
| CDE-1.4 DevOps Processes | CDE-1.4.1 | Process Management Essentials |
| CDE-1.4.2 | DevOps Process from Reqirements to Deployment | |
| CDE-1.4.3 | What is Agile? | |
| CDE-1.4.4 | Agile Menifesto | |
| CDE-1.4.5 | Wrong Usage of Agile | |
| CDE-1.4.6 | Agile Transformation as a Myth | |
| CDE-1.4.7 | 20+ Different Agile Development Process Models | |
| CDE-1.4.8 | KANBAN in Details | |
| CDE-1.4.9 | SCRUM in Details | |
| CDE-1.4.10 | Lean and DevOps | |
| CDE-1.4.11 | Lean Principles and Methods | |
| CDE-1.4.12 | Value Stream Mapping and DevOps | |
| CDE-1.4.13 | Value Focus of DevOps | |
| CDE-1.4.14 | User Story Mapping and Minimal Viable Product Approach | |
| CDE-1.4.15 | ITIL 4 and DevOps | |
| CDE-1.4.16 | What is OPS and what is ITSM? Not same thing. | |
| CDE-1.4.17 | How to integrate Agile, ITIL4 and DevOps? | |
| CDE-1.5 DevOps Automation and Softwares | CDE-1.5.1 | DevOps Softwares |
| CDE-1.5.2 | Continuous Delivery Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.3 | Continuous Deployment Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.4 | Continuous Integration Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.5 | Build Automation Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.6 | Configuration Management Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.7 | Cloud Infrastructure Automation Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.8 | Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.9 | Application Release Orchestration Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.10 | Containerization Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.11 | Container Engine Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.12 | Container Management Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.13 | Container Monitoring Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.14 | Container Networking Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.15 | Container Orchestration Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.16 | Service Discovery Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.17 | Source Code Management Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.18 | Version Control Systems | |
| CDE-1.5.19 | Peer Code Review Software | |
| CDE-1.5.20 | Static Code Analysis Softwares | |
| CDE-1.5.21 | Test Automation Softwares | |
| CDE-1.6 DevOps Assessment and Measurement | CDE-1.6.1 | DevOps Feedback Model |
| CDE-1.6.2 | Measuring Organization | |
| CDE-1.6.3 | Measuring Processes | |
| CDE-1.6.4 | Measuring Technology for DevOps | |
| CDE-1.6.5 | Application Performance Monitoring | |
| CDE-1.6.6 | Continual Improvement Model | |
| CDE-1.6.7 | Dashboards for Continuous Feedback and CI |
Test Specification
The examination will consist of six (6) sections with the following structure:
| CATEGORY | DESCRIPTION | EXAM (%) |
| 1 | CDE-1.1 DevOps Fundamentals | 10.0% |
| 2 | CDE-1.2 DevOps Culture | 20.0% |
| 3 | CDE-1.3 DevOps Organization | 20.0% |
| 4 | CDE-1.4 DevOps Processes | 20.0% |
| 5 | CDE-1.5 DevOps Automation and Softwares | 20.0% |
| 6 | CDE-1.6 DevOps Assessment and Measurement | 10.0% |
Recommended Reading for Certification Exam Preperation
- The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations by Gene Kim , Patrick Debois
- Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by Forsgren PhD, Nicole , Jez Humble
- Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation by Jez Humble and David Farley
- Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation by Jez Humble and David Farley
- DevOps with Kubernetes: Accelerating software delivery with container orchestrators, 2nd Edition by Hideto Saito, Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee
- Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems 1st Edition by Sam Newman
- The DevOps Engineer’s Career Guide: A Handbook for Entry- Level Professionals to get into Continuous Delivery Roles for Agile Software Development by Stephen Fleming
- The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
- Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by Nicole Forsgren
