| Effective Term: | 2025/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Azure DevOps Initiative |
| Unit ID: | GPSIT2012 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 020109 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This project-based unit is designed to enable learners to get started with DevOps methodology using Azure DevOps Services. The unit will be based on an Azure DevOps platform initiative which will provide speed and agility to manage projects, collaborate, develop software, test, and deploy. Working in teams of 4-5, learners will assess the status quo and the problem, perform first-hand research on Azure DevOps Services and the features available, set up and configure an Azure DevOps services environment for projects and migrate existing projects into the platform. The team will collaborate and run a sprint session using the Azure DevOps project management and collaboration functionality. The learning from the project can be applied in job roles that focus on project management, software development, QA and testing, and product management and ownership. Some of the roles that will benefit from involvement in this project-based unit are: • DevOps Analyst • Project Manager • Product Manager/Owner • Scrum Master • QA Engineer • Software Developer |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | |  | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Apply Azure DevOps Services and Security Practices in DevOps (DevSecOps). |
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| K2. | Design and implement Continuous Integration/Continuous Development pipelines to automate builds, tests, and deployments. |
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| K3. | Use Agile and Lean methodologies, project tracking, sprint planning, and work item management. |
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| K4. | Use code repositories, including version control, branching strategies, and pull requests. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Configure Azure DevOps Services for project management. |
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| S2. | Implement new or migrate project data such as user stories, and work items data from other applications such as Trello/Jira/GitHub. |
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| S3. | Configure pipelines for various programming languages and deployment scenarios |
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| S4. | Implement change and release management in simulated organisations. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Administer a project in Azure DevOps, adding and managing security, and permissions for users in the project. |
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| A2. | Manage Epics, Features and Product Backlog items, tasks, bugs and issues in Agile and/or SCRUM within Azure DevOps Boards. |
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| A3. | Announce project releases as per the change management policies to the stakeholders. |
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| Unit Content: |
Sprint 1 (2 weeks) Evaluate status and requirements, research and decide on the optimal Azure DevOps Services pricing plan for this workload. Create a presentation of the findings and a plan on a page (POAP) of your workload. Sprint 2 (2 weeks) Set up and configure Azure DevOps Services, by creating organizations, projects, teams and permissions using Git version control and SCRUM work item process to allow an Agile SCRUM team to collaborate. Sprint 3 (2 weeks) Evaluate options for user requirements/work item data migration from third-party sources and various solutions. Sprint 4 (2 weeks) Migrate/Import and organize data into its respective work item types and assign product backlog items and tasks to team members. Sprint 5 (2 weeks) Run a sprint session with team members using the Azure DevOps Sprints component, using the backlog items/user stories assigned to the team. Sprint 6 (2 weeks) Prepare a demo/show-and-tell video celebrating the team's work and what has been learned through the completion of the project. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | Learning outcomes
(KSA) | Assessment task
(AT#) | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, inter-act and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display skills in-person and/or online in: • Using effective verbal and non-verbal communication • Listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Showing empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others. Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating a collegial environment • Showing self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect • Inspiring and convincing others • Making informed decisions • Displaying initiative | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically • Evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Considering alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving. | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work fluently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Finding, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information • Collating, managing, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Contributing actively to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and benefiting from digital learning opportunities. | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in global economic environmental and societal contexts • Committing to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Evaluating ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Embracing lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K2, K3, K4, S2, S3 | Discovery findings and potential solution setup of Azure DevOps Services and components | Team presentation | 20-25% | | 2. | K2, K3, K4, S1, A1 | Evaluate options for integrating/migrating data into Azure DevOps services | Present solution, implement options and recommendations for data migration/integration | 25-30% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, K4, S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A2, A3 | Produce a video session with each team member presenting their experience working on this workload, and what they learned throughout. | Project demonstration | 45-55% |
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