EXIN DevOps Foundation study guide
EXIN DevOps Foundation · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The EXIN DevOps Foundation certification is a Foundation-level credential designed to give IT and business professionals basic knowledge and understanding of DevOps. EXIN positions it as a stepping-stone to the EXIN DevOps Professional certification, and it confirms that a candidate understands the origins of DevOps and the benefits of DevOps principles and practices for the organization. It is aimed at IT and business professionals who want to understand DevOps and how their organization can benefit from its principles, including people who participate in a DevOps team and anyone engaged in information and technology management. The exam covers four main subjects, each weighted equally on this page: DevOps Basics, DevOps Principles, DevOps Key Practices, and Practical Application of DevOps. The EXIN DevOps Foundation study guide has 4 sections and about 1,607 words.
01DevOps Basics
The DevOps Basics domain tests whether you can define DevOps, explain where it came from, and relate it correctly to Agile, Lean and ITSM. Questions often ask for the best definition or for the business outcome DevOps targets, rather than tool names.
423 words, about 2 min02DevOps Principles
DevOps Principles tests the mental models behind the practices: the Three Ways, CALMS, systems thinking, flow, feedback and continual learning. Expect questions that ask which principle a scenario illustrates, or which metric is consistent with a principle.
385 words, about 2 min03DevOps Key Practices
DevOps Key Practices tests the technical practices that make flow and feedback real: continuous integration, continuous delivery and deployment, infrastructure as code, configuration management, automated testing, version control and monitoring. Questions often distinguish similar practices.
384 words, about 2 min04Practical Application of DevOps
Practical Application tests how DevOps is adopted in a real organization: value stream mapping, team design, culture change, metrics and risk-based change management. Questions ask what to do first, which metric to use, or why a transformation stalled.
415 words, about 2 min