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Keeping Work Organized with DevOps

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Keeping Work Organized with DevOps

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

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2 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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.

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June 2026

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This course is part of the DevOps Culture and Mindset Specialization
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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 “work is work” 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 “work is work” 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 videoTotal 2 minutes
  • Introduction2 minutes
1 readingTotal 1 minute
  • Course Navigation and Safety Statement1 minute

In this module, you will learn practical ways DevOps teams organize and improve work. You will explore the “work is work” 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 videosTotal 58 minutes
  • Work is Work6 minutes
  • Monitoring with a DevOps Mindset9 minutes
  • Using Incident Reviews to Your Advantage8 minutes
  • Organizational Models in DevOps: Functional Silo Structure6 minutes
  • Organizational Models in DevOps: Seven Characteristics8 minutes
  • Organizational Models in DevOps: Matrix, Full Stack, and Cross Functional Structures9 minutes
  • Bonus Lesson: Living in a Hybrid World13 minutes
1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes
  • Writing E-Mail/Memo - AI graded Project30 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 assignmentTotal 30 minutes
  • Final Quiz30 minutes
1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes
  • Let's Reflect10 minutes

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