SKILL BENCHMARK
Cloud Architect Literacy (Beginner Level)
- 11m
- 11 questions
The Cloud Architect literacy benchmark measures whether a learner has had exposure to cloud technologies, practices, and principles and can participate at a literate level in meetings and discussions. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an entry-level skill on modern cloud services, tools, jargon, and processes.
Topics covered
- define the concept of DevOps and how DevOps practices can help eliminate the problems of traditional software development approaches
- describe continuous delivery and the benefits of adopting it
- describe continuous integration and the principles that can be applied to implement it
- describe the advantages, disadvantages, and best practices of automation that should be applied for productive IT operations
- describe the guiding principles and core practices of Kanban
- list key elements of the DevOps mindset and describe the roles of design thinking, Lean, and Agile in enabling and facilitating DevOps in the enterprise
- list the key principles of DevOps and the approach of automating DevOps process using integration technologies
- recognize the combined benefits of DevOps and Agile in managing large scale enterprise projects
- recognize the deficiencies associated with manual resource configuration and how to use Infrastructure as Code to eliminate those deficiencies
- recognize the IT automation process and potential applications that can be automated
- recognize the objectives of Agile and the core Agile principles based on the Agile Manifesto
