How to efficiently plan and study your next IT certification (Udemy.com)
Step by step guide for busy IT professionals to pass their next IT certification
Created by: Ashraf Fouad
Last updated October 2023
What you will learn
- Define study strategy that match your personality & your need from certification.
- Build your study plan & effective time schedule for any IT Certification.
- Avoid distraction during your certification preparation.
- Monitor your study progress to avoid procrastination.
- Motivate yourself during your learning journey.
- Advices on exam day.
- Post certification TODO list.
How it compares
Against the other 1,182 rated Udemy courses in IT & Software on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.8 out of 5higher than 97% of them
- Reviews24#1,171 of 1,183 by number of reviews
- Length1.5 hoursshorter than 91% of them
- Last updatedOctober 2023earlier than 70% of them
Course Description
Do you want to advance your IT career path by achieving as many IT certifications as you want? Have you tried before and have you faced challenges in time management? If the answer is yes, then this course is for you. This course is designed for busy IT professionals who want to achieve more.
It provides a detailed step-by-step guide during any IT certification journey. Whether you are a programmer, an administrator, or an architect this course will help. These steps have been used and tested in passing Java, Scrum, Project Management, Enterprise Architecture, AWS, and bid management. You can apply the same steps to any computer domain exam you are targeting.
This course treats any certification like a project to be achieved and guides you through different stages of this achievement. It will guide you through the common pitfalls usually students fall into and how to avoid them. You are feeling down and don’t want to continue your journey; there is a section on how to beat this feeling.
This course contains tips for exam preparation and what to do post the exam to showcase your achievement.
By the end of the course, you will be able to confidently plan & achieve your target IT certification as we will be applying techniques used in project management & psychology.
Course Update History
24-Oct-2023: New lecture, "How to beat procrastination?" and updated course slides.
8-Oct-2023: Added several examples of study plans (Without increasing course length) for the following certifications:
PSM I: Professional Scrum Master
PSPO I: Professional Scrum Product Owner
CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
DPBoK Foundation: Digital Practitioner Certification: DPBoK Foundation
TOGAF Business Architecture Level 1
ArchiMate
BIAN: Banking Industry Architecture Network Foundation
APMP: Association for Proposal Management Professional
Instructor Details
- 4.8 Rating
24 Reviews
Ashraf Fouad
Ashraf is a Lead Enterprise Architect who possesses in-depth knowledge of financial institutions and Fintechs.
His career spans 20+ years in IT during which he started as a developer, and continued all the path to become Lead Enterprise Architect.
He has different certifications in multiple domains including (Java programming, project management, Scrum, IT architecture, cloud, digital transformation, bid management).
He loves teaching technology to people in his previous firms and now is a great opportunity to extend these teaching skills to all students willing to learn all over the world.
He speaks Arabic & English.
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Reviews
By Mohamed Mostafa Tawfik on 11/25/2023
A very good inspirational course helps you to plan your time for an efficient highly motivated focused path to get your certificate.
By Mahmoud Sayed on 8/8/2020
I love the way the course is structured. I'd suggest gantter to be used for creating study plans. Keep up the good work, Ashraf!
By Muhammad Jamaludin on 7/6/2020
I understand how to manage it. Thankyou
By Montaser Elgaless on 7/4/2020
Very useful and helpful course.
By Khalid ElGazzar on 7/4/2020
Concise, informative and to the point.
By Mohammad M. Ibrahim on 7/4/2020
Awesome course, great material! Thank you
By Mohammed Ishtiyaq Hussain on 7/4/2020
Masha Allah very good guidance for how to prepare for getting certified any professional certification exam.
By Ahmed Ali on 4/5/2024
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Overall Score : 96 / 100






