Dev Ops Culture and Mindset on Coursera

Created by UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education and hosted on the Coursera platform, this is an online course consisting of pre-recorded video lectures, auto-graded and peer-reviewed assignments and community discussion forums. This course is self-paced and designed to teach you a new skill in as few as 4-6 weeks.

This course covers the basic foundational principles of DevOps, with a particular focus on culture and the DevOps mindset. Learn about how DevOps is grounded in lean principles, and how it can help improve collaboration between developers and operations team members. Examine ideas about systems thinking, feedback loops, continuous improvement, loosely coupled architecture and teams, managing risk, and dealing with unplanned work. Learn about strategies to manage work, monitor it, keep it organized and maintain a high level of quality by following key DevOps principles. We’ll also discuss various organizational models and structures that are used by companies in their DevOps transformations. You’ll learn about value stream mapping and ensuring continuous workflow. Ultimately, you’ll walk away with key ideas and tactics that you can employ at your own organization to improve both time-to-market and increase the value delivered to your customers, regardless of your product line or industry.