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:

1. DevOps Teams
2. Software Development Teams
3. IT Operation Teams

Learning Objectives

Candidates will be introduced to the principles and core elements of the devops, and more specifically:

1. DevOps Fundamentals
2. DevOps Culture
3. DevOps Organization
4. DevOps Processes
5. DevOps Automation
6. 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:

1. Knowledge
2. 
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:

1. Common and/or basic terms, definitions, concepts and principles of devops
2. Specific devops requirements and facts
3. DevOps methods and tools

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:

1. Understanding facts, concepts and principles
2. Interpreting material (i.e. charts, graphs, text)
3. 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.

The recommended training hours, per Syllabus Category are also provided in this table.

At the end of the training session, allow 30 minutes for the candidates to familiarize themselves with the exam process and the sample questions.

An additional hour could be provided for the sample test and/or answering the sample test for better preparation of the exam.

Syllabus details for CDE Certification and Training :

Test Specification


The examination will consist of six (6) sections with the following structure:

Recommended Reading for Certification Exam Preperation

1. The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations by Gene Kim , Patrick Debois
2. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by Forsgren PhD, Nicole , Jez Humble
3. Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation by Jez Humble and David Farley
4. Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation by Jez Humble and David Farley
5. DevOps with Kubernetes: Accelerating software delivery with container orchestrators, 2nd Edition by Hideto Saito, Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee
6. Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems 1st Edition by Sam Newman
7. 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
8. The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
9. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by Nicole Forsgren