Learn how to adopt the automation first mindset and transition from a task-oriented support engineer to a more design and automation-oriented mindset. In this course, you’ll explore the concept of an automation mindset and the benefits that enterprises can realize by adopting an automation first mindset. You'll examine the pros and cons of automation and the principles for adopting an automation first approach. Next, you'll learn the process for instilling an automation mindset, the role of design thinking in deriving and enabling an effective automation mindset and digital transformation, and how to apply the automation mindset to automate projects. You'll explore the operational KPIs for tracking and implementing continuous improvement, IT tasks that can be automated, and the evolution of software in Automated Production Systems, and the process of deriving Automated Production Systems. Finally, you'll learn about the "Who will do it" and "How can we get this done most efficiently” approaches and the best practices for building productive DevOps CI/CD automation pipelines.
Scripting Automation: Adopting an Automation Mindset
discover the key concepts covered in this course
recall the concept and characteristics of the automation mindset and list the benefits that enterprises can realize by adopting an automation first mindset
describe the transformational journey from a task-oriented support engineer to a more design and automation-oriented mindset
recognize the principles that need to be applied to adopt an automation first approach and derive envisioned business value from the system
describe the process that enterprises can adopt to instill an automation mindset
recognize the role of design thinking in deriving and enabling an automation mindset and digital transformation
recall the steps involved in applying an automation mindset in order to automate projects and derive new project workflows
specify the pros and cons of automation from the perspectives of business and process
list the benefits of applying an automation mindset to derive DevOps automation and describe DevOps automation strategies for setting up end-to-end automation of DevOps processes
list the operational KPIs that can help track and implement continuous improvement when adopting a DevOps automation approach
specify the essential IT tasks that can be automated and describe how small automation steps provides big wins and positive business impacts
describe the evolution of software in Automated Production Systems along with the process of deriving Automated Production Systems
compare the "Who will do it?" and "How can we get this done most efficiently?” approaches by specifying case studies that evolve the correct automation mindset
describe the general architecture of CI/CD automation and best practices that need to be adopted to build productive DevOps CI/CD automation pipelines when applying the automation mindset