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Explain branching, pull requests, artefact integrity and environment promotion
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DevOps and CI/CD Assessment
Assess source control, pipelines, artefacts, testing, security gates, deployment patterns and delivery metrics.
Objective: Validate end-to-end understanding of how changes move safely from commit to production and feedback.
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Assessment scope and competencies
02
Describe pipeline stages, secrets, approvals, testing and policy gates
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03
Compare rolling, blue-green, canary and feature-flag approaches
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Scenario and practical challenges
01
Diagnose a failed deployment with incomplete telemetry
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02
Design reusable pipelines for multiple teams
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03
Recover from a broken release while protecting data and service availability
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Scoring and evidence standards
01
Score delivery safety, automation quality, observability and rollback clarity
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02
Require evidence from build, test, security and deployment stages
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03
Measure use of lead time, failure rate and recovery metrics
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Improvement and readiness plan
01
Assign targeted labs for weak pipeline stages
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02
Create one reusable pipeline pattern
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03
Repeat using a production-release simulation
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