PeopleCert DevOps-Foundation - PeopleCert DevOps Foundation v3.6 Exam

The urgency for DevOps adoption is driven by increasing market competition, evolving customer expectations, and the need for rapid delivery of value.

B: Nimble start-ups often deliver faster and more innovatively, putting pressure on established enterprises.

C: Customers expect continuous improvement and seamless digital experiences (“app mentality”).

D: Reducing time-to-value is essential for staying competitive and meeting business demands.

However,Adescribes a siloed culture—something DevOps actively works to eliminate, not a reason for its importance. In fact, remaining siloed is an obstacle to achieving DevOps benefits, not a driver for adoption. Therefore,Ais the correct “NOT” choice.

A DevOps professional needs:

Business skills: Understanding the business context and value.

Technical skills: Automation, coding, cloud, infrastructure.

Core (soft) skills: Collaboration, communication, empathy, learning.

Self-management: Time, priorities, feedback.

Other options miss the full blend or focus too much on tech or process.

Extract-style reference:

“DevOps success requires a blend of business, technical, and core (soft) skills, as well as the ability to self-manage and continuously learn.”

— DevOps Handbook; Accelerate

PeopleCert DevOps Foundation v3.6: Holistic skillsets are emphasized for cross-functional teams.

Cycle Timein Agile and DevOps measures the time taken for work to move from thestart of active work (“in progress”) to completion (“done”). It reflects the efficiency of the development process and helps identify bottlenecks in active work.

BandCdescribeLead Time, which includes the time spent in the backlog before work starts.Dis a subset metric related to build/test time, not the full cycle time.

Shorter cycle times indicate more efficient processes and faster delivery of value. Monitoring cycle time enables continuous improvement by highlighting delays within active work.

Epics deliveredis asoftware/process metric, not a business performance metric.

Business performance metricsinclude financial and market indicators: earnings, cashflow, market share, revenue growth.

Why not the others?

Earnings, Cashflow, Marketshare:Directly tied to business health.

Extract-style reference:

“Business performance metrics focus on outcomes such as earnings, cashflow, and marketshare. Agile metrics like epics delivered measure team output, not business value.”

—Project to Product, Mik Kersten

PeopleCert DevOps Foundation v3.6:Distinguishes business impact from process metrics.