DevOps and Software Engineering Capstone Project

In this Capstone course, you will apply your skills and knowledge acquired in previous courses and demonstrate your proficiency in DevOps practices. You’ll plan, develop, test, deploy, monitor, and enhance a secure microservices-based application on Cloud across several sprints, using a variety of Agile, Cloud Native, and CI/CD technologies and tools. ****

You will utilize, Agile development practices to plan for and progress your project. You will use REST APIs and Python to develop an application. You will create Docker images and orchestrate their deployment using Kubernetes and OpenShift. You will work with GitHub repositories, test your application using TDD/BDD practices, and build Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

Upon completing your capstone project, you’ll have applied your knowledge and skills with numerous tools and technologies and added a project to showcase in your portfolio that demonstrates your skills as a DevOps professional. It is highly recommended that before starting this course, you have completed the various courses in the IBM DevOps and Software Engineering Professional Certificate or have equivalent experience.

Module 1: Create and Execute Sprint Plans

• Agile Planning

• Hands-On Lab

Module 2: Develop and Test an Application Composed of MicroServices

• Develop a RESTful Service Locally

• Hands-On Lab: Develop Your Model using TDD

Module 3: Add Continuous Integration (CI) to a Repository

• Add Continuous Integration (CI) to a Repository

• Hands-On Lab: Add Continuous Integration

• Add Query and Action Routes

• Hands-On Lab: Add Query Route to Your RESTful Service

Module 4: Containerize Your Application Using Docker

• Deploy Your Application to Kubernetes

• Hands-On Lab: Deploy Your Application to Kubernetes

Module 5: Build an Automated CI/CD DevOps Pipeline

• Hands-On Lab: Build an Automated CI/CD DevOps Pipeline Using OpenShift

• Add a Cloud Native Toolkit

• Hands-On Lab: Add a Cloud Native Toolkit

Module 6: Final Submission and Evaluation