1. The principles of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
2. Continuous Delivery vs. DevOps Continuous Integration practices
3. Extending Continuous Integration to Continuous Deployment
4. Principles for architecting a deployment pipeline
5. Engaging Ops in Continuous Delivery
6. Testing and continuous delivery
7. Security and continuous delivery
8. Continuous deployment and automated release
9. Cultural and people consideration
10. Change resistance
11. Metrics Critical Success Factors, Risks, and Challenges

Day 1
Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: Continuous Delivery Concepts
Module 3: Collaborative Culture
Module 4: Designing for CD Practices
Module 5: Continuous Integration (CI)
Module 6: Continuous Testing (CT)

Day 2
Review of Day 1
Module 7: Continuous Deployment (CD)
Module 8: Continuous Monitoring (CM)
Module 9: Infrastructure and Tools
Module 10: Security Assurance
Module 11: Summary

1. Anyone involved in cultural transformations and organizational change
2. Enterprise architects
3. Software developers
4. Build engineers
5. Release managers and engineers
6. Operational and infrastructure teams
7. Security professionals
8. Testers and QA managers
9. IT Managers
10. Project Managers
11. Maintenance and support staff

Pre-requisite: DevOps Foundation Certificate

Successfully passing (65%) the 90 minute (105 minutes if English is not a native tongue) exam, consisting of 40 multiple-choice questions, leads to the Continuous Delivery Architecture Certificate. The certification is governed and maintained by the DevOps Institute (US); exams are delivered through an independent, global examination partner.