While the current PMP exam content focuses on five domains as the stages of the project lifecycle, the new PMP exam content will be based on the following three domains:
1. People 2. Process 3. Business Environment
Based on PMI’s research of current project management jobs that today’s project management practitioners work, they found that project managers work in a variety of project environments and utilize different project approaches. Accordingly, the PMP certification will be reflective of this and will incorporate approaches across the value delivery spectrum.
The exam will split equally between traditional, predictive project management (as per the PMBOK Guide) and Agile or hybrid approaches (set out in the Agile Practice Guide). And predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches will feature in questions across all domains and tasks. PMI is clear that the future is as agile as it is planned, and that its exam must balance the two approaches equally, as will its PMPs. The following figure shows the percentage of each domain on the PMP exam.
Click HERE to learn more about the PMP Exam Updates.
How to Train for the Updated PMP Exam
Babbage Simmel offers instructor-led training that aids students in their preparation for the Project Management Professional certification exam. The completion of this course provides students with 35 contact hours of formal education as mandated by the training requirement for the PMP exam application.
Learn more here PMI Authorized PMP Exam Prep
DevOps is a combination of people, process, tools, vendors, and partners.
DevOps is AGILITY, RELIABILITY, SCALABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, and REPRODUCIBILITY.
It focuses on the following:
DevOps is also an organizational culture for application development and maintenance success. It encompasses technology and process. It encourages transparency and candid communication between software developers and IT operations and administration to increase the agility with which applications are delivered.
By automating, monitoring, and measuring the production of code through develop, release, test, and maintenance, the process becomes more sustainable, scalable, and repeatable.
Optimally, all manual tasks are eliminated reducing the potential for human error and making delivery and roll-back less error prone.
Why DevOps
Rapidly deliver reliable, scalable micro and macro services that are critical for the business time to market and value.
Brings teams together
Technical benefits include:
Business benefits include:
Want to learn more about DevOps?
Join us for the upcoming complimentary webinar on DevOps Continuous Testing Foundation (CTF) Certification Overview.
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Managing passwords is the easiest, most impactful thing you can do when it comes to IT security. (And it’s free!)
RESET EVERY 3 MONTHS
PASSWORD MUST-HAVES
Long: The longer the password, the harder to crack. While your account may only require 6 to 9 characters, expanding to 12, 16 or more will give you a stronger password.
Passwords to avoid: Superman, Batman, Sunshine, Princess
Not in the dictionary: Avoid single words or common phrases that can be found in the dictionary or vernacular.
Passwords to avoid: 123456789, 111111, Abc123
Character substitutions: Substituting characters for letters is a good practice but think outside of the box. Don’t substitute zero for the letter O and assume you are safe. A better option would be using the ampersand (&) for O.
Passwords to avoid: Football, Baseball, [names of sports teams]
Illogical phrases: While you wouldn’t want to use a common phrase like “ThankYouVeryMuch,” you could string together completely random words like “ThankCheeseBoatsNetwork.”
Passwords to avoid: [personal information], [social media profile content], Iloveyou, welcome
Acronyms and abbreviations: Instead of spelling out words, abbreviate them or replace phrases with acronyms that you can remember. “ThankYouVeryMuch” could become “TkYVreM.” Then add more to it so it’s longer and has a variety of characters.
Passwords to avoid: Qwerty, Password, Password21, Admin
Next Steps for You
Interested in sharpening your Cybersecurity skills, either for upskilling or with the idea of starting a new career? Babbage Simmel’s Comprehensive NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NCSF) Training & CompTIA CySA+ Cybersecurity Analyst Certification Cybersecurity training options will equip you with the skills needed to become an expert in the security field. You will learn comprehensive approaches to protecting your infrastructure, including securing data and information, running risk analysis and mitigation, architecting cloud-based security, achieving compliance and much much more.
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ITIL enables you to fully benefit from proven best practices in IT and is relevant to anyone involved in the delivery or support of IT services. ITIL 4 reflects the complexities of modern business technology, new ways of working, and emerging practices, and provides a guide to managing IT in the new service economy, while retaining many of the core elements that makes ITIL so valuable to individuals and organizations today.
Start your ITIL 4 journey with ITIL 4 Foundation training. The ITIL 4 Foundation course introduces students to the key components of the ITIL 4 framework. They are the Service Value System and the Four Dimensions model. While v3 focused on the 26 processes and functions included in the service lifecycle, ITIL 4 provides a holistic end-to-end picture of what it really menas to contribute to business value, and also integrates concepts from models such as Lean IT, Agile, and DevOps.
Learn more about ITIL 4 Foundation training HERE.
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Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is the technology that allows anyone today to configure computer software, or a “robot” to emulate and integrate the actions of a human interacting within digital systems to execute a business process. RPA robots utilize the user interface to capture data and manipulate applications just like humans do. They interpret, trigger responses and communicate with other systems in order to perform on a vast variety of repetitive tasks. Only substantially better: an RPA software robot never sleeps and makes zero mistakes.
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform – AI Powered Automation
Babbage Simmel partners with UiPath. Built for both business and IT, UiPath is the leading platform for Enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA). The UiPath platform simplifies digital transformation by rapidly automating processes. Organizations across the world work with UiPath to streamline millions of tasks — improving productivity, customer experience, and job satisfaction.
To learn more about RPA – click HERE.
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CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) is an IT workforce certification that applies behavioral analytics to networks and devices to prevent, detect and combat cybersecurity threats through continuous security monitoring. CySA+ is the only intermediate high-stakes cybersecurity analyst certification with performance-based questions that covers core security analyst skills while emphasizing software and application security, automation, threat hunting, and IT regulatory compliance.
Protect and defend your systems with CySA+!
According to CompTIA, you will master the following skills with the Cybersecurity+ training:
#1 Threat and Vulnerabilty Management
Analyze and apply proactive threat intelligence to support organizational security and perform vulnerability management activities.
#2 Software and Systems Security
Apply security solutions for infrastructure management and explain software & hardware assurance best practices.
#3 Compliance and Assessment
Apply security concepts in support of organizational risk mitigation and understand the importance of frameworks, policies, procedures, and controls.
#4 Security Operations and Monitoring
Analyze data as part of continuous security monitoring activities and implement configuration changes to existing controls to improve security.
#5 Incident Response
Analyze and apply the appropriate incident response procedure, analyze potential
indicators of compromise, and utilize basic digital forensics techniques.
Join us for our next CompTIA Cybersecurity+ Analyst Certification training starting on June 1st. CompTIA Security+ Certification Support Skills training is available starting June 8th. And CompTIA Network+ Certification Support Skills training is available.
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Part 1 on May 26th at 2:00pm or May 27th at 11:00am
Part 2 on May 27th at 2:00pm or May 28th at 11:00am
Eastern Time (2 hours each)
Babbage Simmel, in partnership with TLG Learning, is conducting a Free AWS Technical Essentials workshop virtually!
This virtual workshop is divided into two separate two hour sessions. Please select and register for the workshop you will be able to attend that best fits your schedule.
If you are interested in learning how to get started with AWS, or if you are a SysOps Administrator, Solutions Architect, or Developer interested in using the AWS services, then you should not miss out on this workshop!
AWS certified instructor John Kacmarynski will be conducting this workshop divided into two sessions where the first workshop will cover the following:
Having access to Labs post-event on:
While the second workshop on AWS Tech Essentials will cover the following topics:
Having access to Labs post-event on:
Do not miss this incredible opportunity to learn about AWS Technical Essentials. Please register today as seating is very limited and no recordings will be provided for this workshop.
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
May 26th at 11:00 am or May 29th at 1:00 pm Eastern Time (90 Minutes)
Are you interested in learning the advantages of cloud computing for your business? Are you confused about how to migrate to the AWS cloud? Then we are here to help!
Sign up for our FREE Webinar on AWS Business Essentials and join our expert instructor to explore the advantages of cloud computing for your business and the fundamentals of AWS, including financial benefits.
In this webinar, you will learn how to:
During this webinar you will also have the opportunity to interact with AWS certified trainer, John Kacmarynski, and ask your queries in the live Q&A session. Limited seats are available so we strongly recommend you register beforehand as a recording of this webinar WILL NOT be available after the session so don’t miss out.
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! We are offering another round of complementary live AWS instructor-led online workshops to get you started on your AWS Cloud journey.
Upcoming Complimentary AWS Learning Opportunities:
• Webinar – AWS Business Essentials
• Online Workshop – AWS Technical Essentials Part 1 and Part 2
Next Steps
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What is Cloud Computing?
Simply put, cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the Internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale. You typically pay only for cloud services you use, helping you lower your operating costs, run your infrastructure more efficiently, and scale as your business needs change.
Benefits of Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a big shift from the traditional way businesses think about IT resources. Here are seven common reasons organizations are turning to cloud computing services:
Types of Cloud Computing
Not all clouds are the same and not one type of cloud computing is right for everyone. Several different models, types, and services have evolved to help offer the right solution for your needs.
First, you need to determine the type of cloud deployment, or cloud computing architecture, that your cloud services will be implemented on. There are three different ways to deploy cloud services: on a public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud.
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