Keeping Work Organized with DevOps
Keeping Work Organized with DevOps
This course is part of DevOps Culture and Mindset Specialization
Instructor: Courtney Kissler
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What you'll learn
Organize development and operations work in shared systems that improve visibility, prioritization, and flow.
Use proactive monitoring, observability, and blameless incident reviews to strengthen software operations.
Compare organizational models that support DevOps communication, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Skills you'll gain
- Continuous Monitoring
- System Monitoring
- Incident Management
- DevOps
- Problem Management
- Organizational Development
- Cloud Management
- Quality Improvement
- Continuous Improvement Process
- Organizational Structure
- Accountability
- Business Metrics
- Performance Measurement
- Risk Management
- Culture Transformation
- Process Improvement
- Organizational Change
- Workflow Management
- Operational Efficiency
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There are 3 modules in this course
This course is all about DevOps workflow management, monitoring, incident reviews, and organizational design. You'll learn how DevOps teams keep work visible, combine development and operations priorities, and use shared systems to improve collaboration and product quality. The course covers the βwork is workβ mindset, proactive monitoring, observability, business metrics such as Mean Time To Detect, and blameless incident reviews that turn incidents into learning opportunities. You will also examine organizational models, from functional silos to cross-functional structures, and evaluate which characteristics best support rapid delivery, communication, shared accountability, compliance flexibility, and continuous improvement. Real-world examples show how these practices can help teams organize work more effectively in complex software environments.
By the end of this course, you'll be able to: - Explain the βwork is workβ mindset and how shared backlogs can align development and operations priorities. - Describe how proactive monitoring differs from reactive dashboards and why observability matters. - Identify business and operational metrics, including Mean Time To Detect, that support healthier monitoring practices. - Use blameless incident reviews to uncover contributing factors and improve team processes. - Compare traditional siloed structures with matrix and other cross-functional models used in DevOps settings. - Evaluate organizational structures against DevOps-friendly traits such as fast feedback, autonomy, communication, and shared accountability. - Analyze a hybrid modernization example to see how teams balance legacy systems, cloud change, and continuous improvement.
In this module, you will get oriented to the course and preview how DevOps teams keep work organized, visible, and actionable. You will also review course navigation, learner support, discussion forums, feedback options, academic integrity guidance, and online safety information.
What's included
1 video1 reading
1 videoβ’Total 2 minutes
- Introductionβ’2 minutes
1 readingβ’Total 1 minute
- Course Navigation and Safety Statementβ’1 minute
In this module, you will learn practical ways DevOps teams organize and improve work. You will explore the βwork is workβ mindset, proactive monitoring, observability, and blameless incident reviews. You will also compare organizational structures, including functional silos, matrix models, product/platform models, adaptive structures, full-stack teams, and cross-functional teams, and consider how these models can support communication, shared accountability, and continuous improvement.
What's included
7 videos1 assignment
7 videosβ’Total 58 minutes
- Work is Workβ’6 minutes
- Monitoring with a DevOps Mindsetβ’9 minutes
- Using Incident Reviews to Your Advantageβ’8 minutes
- Organizational Models in DevOps: Functional Silo Structureβ’6 minutes
- Organizational Models in DevOps: Seven Characteristicsβ’8 minutes
- Organizational Models in DevOps: Matrix, Full Stack, and Cross Functional Structuresβ’9 minutes
- Bonus Lesson: Living in a Hybrid Worldβ’13 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Writing E-Mail/Memo - AI graded Projectβ’30 minutes
In this module, you will reflect on what you learned about keeping DevOps work organized, visible, and actionable. You will also complete the final quiz to check your understanding of work visibility, monitoring, incident reviews, and organizational models.
What's included
1 assignment1 discussion prompt
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Final Quizβ’30 minutes
1 discussion promptβ’Total 10 minutes
- Let's Reflectβ’10 minutes
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