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Stakeholders and the Communications Management Plan ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Experts say that up to 90 of a project manager's time is spent communicating, whether it's with external stakeholders, members of the project team, suppliers, or other managers within their organizations. That speaks volumes about the important role of  more...

Processes for Managing Project Communications ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned A project manager is the communication hub through whom all project information flows, receiving and distributing dozens of messages per day. Customers, suppliers, project team members, and company executives all rely on the project manager for up-to-date  more...

Estimating and Budgeting Project Costs ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Accurately forecasting the cost of future projects is vital to the success of projects and the survival of any business. Project managers must have the ability to not only identify what work is required at the onset of a project, but precisely forecast how much  more...

Controlling Costs ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Establishing the budget for a project is a vital process in project management, yet it means nothing if the budget is not adhered to. Controlling project cost is critical to meeting a project's budget targets, and monitoring cost performance can mean the  more...

Planning Project Human Resources ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned When project managers set their sights on delivering creative project solutions on time and within budget, they must select and manage a team of experienced and competent professionals who can meet the challenge. This requires that project managers understand the  more...

Managing Project Human Resources ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Henry Ford once said that coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Mr. Ford knew the importance of teamwork. Ask anyone who has worked in a project environment, and they will tell you that team dynamics can make or  more...

Integrated Initiation and Planning ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Collaboration, coordination, and consolidation are terms to describe integration. Project Integration Management is the knowledge area that coordinates with various process groups to ensure that each project is managed in a unified and consolidated way. The  more...

Integrated Project Execution Monitoring and Control ...Integrated Project Execution, Monitoring, and Control PMI Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Most projects experience problems and unforeseen events that pose a threat to successful completion. Thankfully there are many proven project management processes designed to direct, monitor, and control  more...

Managing Projects within Organizations ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Project-based operations have become the norm in today's business world. In essence, almost every work effort is a project, from constructing a new building to designing and delivering a new information management system. As projects become the primary method for  more...

Project Management Overview ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Every project is different. Some are small and straight forward. Others are large and complex. Most are somewhere in the middle. Even though every project is unique, they all have certain attributes in common. Every project has a similar life cycle, starting with  more...

Project Management Process Groups ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Processes: a set of interrelated actions and activities performed to achieve a specified set of products, results, or services. Good processes, meaning those based on sound principles and proven practices, are project managers' best friends. They act like the  more...

Planning Project Procurement ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Projects routinely require materials, consultants, training, products, and equipment along with many other types of goods and services. Project procurement is the process of purchasing products and services necessary to fulfill the objectives of a project.  more...

Managing Procurements ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Managing the procurement process can sometimes seem like a project all in itself as it generally involves a number of detailed and time consuming steps from obtaining seller responses, selecting a seller, awarding a contract, to managing the procurement  more...

Project Quality Planning ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Project managers need to build quality into their projects at the very beginning, during the planning stage. Quality managers have to ensure that quality requirements are met. The Project Quality Management knowledge area takes these facts into consideration. It  more...

Quality Assurance and Quality Control ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned There is no question that project quality is essential in ensuring project success; a quality management plan identifies quality requirements and provides all project stakeholders with documented guidelines for delivering a quality product or service. But the  more...

Risk Management Planning ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned There are a few questions that every project manager should ask at the beginning of a project: What do we hope to gain from this project? What kinds of things could keep that from happening? How should we respond if those events occur? Every project involves some  more...

Performing Risk Analysis ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Risk in any project is unavoidable. It doesn't matter how much experience a project manager has, risks will always be present. Fortunately, there are proven methods to identify and analyze potential threats so that appropriate risk responses are developed and the  more...

Risk Response Monitor and Control ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Life is filled with uncertainties, and these uncertainties can affect our decisions and outcomes. Whenever decisions are made without prior knowledge or experience there is always a chance of risk. When dealing with projects, it is the project manager's job to  more...

Project Requirements and Defining Scope ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Good scope management focuses on making sure that the scope is clearly communicated and well defined and that the project is carefully managed to limit unnecessary changes. Project scope management is concerned with ensuring that projects include and account for  more...

Create Work Breakdown Structure ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Successful projects can only happen with the implementation of planning techniques that define project objectives in sufficient detail. Projects can quickly get out of control if the appropriate actions aren't taken initially. A project's work breakdown structure  more...

Defining and Sequencing Project Activities ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Properly defining and sequencing project activities allow a project manager to answer two basic scheduling questions What activities are required to develop the end product? And how should the activities be sequenced for optimal results? The first step in  more...

Estimating Activity Resources and Durations ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Resources, such as people, materials, equipment, facilities, money, or a combination of any of these, are fundamental in executing a project, and are required throughout the entire project lifecycle. Determining resource requirements is critical to successful  more...

Planning Managing Project Human Resources Simulation ...anning & Managing Project Human Resources: Simulation PMI Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned You're a project manager for a food and beverage testing company Hoit Laboratories. As a seasoned PM, you're currently managing a number of testing and development projects simultaneously. And each project  more...

Identifying Project Risk ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned The success of every project relies on a thorough investigation into all potential risks that face the project throughout its life cycle since every project involves some degree of risk. The rewards of investigating potential project risks always outweigh the time  more...

Developing and Controlling the Project Schedule ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned The project schedule is critical to project management. It determines the planned start and finish dates for project activities and milestones. It also confirms which activities are dependent on others, therefore enabling the project manager to prioritize the  more...

Monitoring and Controlling Project Scope ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned A project manager's key responsibility is to ensure that the project is carried out in a controlled manner, according to plan. However, a project can quickly spin out of control if changes to the product's scope are not detected and managed properly. Two processes  more...

Integrated Project Change Control and Close ...Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Change is inevitable. Environmental, technological, legislative, and economical changes can have an immeasurable impact on individuals and organizations. In addition to these changes, a project environment could see change requests for additional features and  more...

Communicating Effectively with Project Stakeholders Simulation ...ing Effectively with Project Stakeholders: Simulation PMI Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned A project manager is the communication hub through whom all project information flows. Customers, suppliers, project team members, and company executives all rely on the project manager for up-to-date  more...

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Oracle 11g DBA OCA Library Oracle 11g DBA OCA Library Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate Oracle Database Administrator 11g Certfied Associate Library  more...

Oracle Database 11g Querying a Database with SQL Oracle Database 11g: Querying a Database with SQL Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-047 Oracle Database 11g SQL Expert To identify the concepts and components of an Oracle Database 11g database, recognize how to retrieve information from it using SQL, and identify the steps for sorting, limiting, modifying, and formatting this information.  more...

Oracle 11g Conversion Funct Conditional Expressions Group Funct Joins Oracle 11g: Conversion Funct., Conditional Expressions, Group Funct. & Joins Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-047 Oracle Database 11g SQL Expert To recognize the steps for writing queries that convert data from one type to another, specify conditions, perform calculations on groups of rows or even tables, and return values from more than one table.  more...

Oracle Database 11g Manipulating Queries Data Oracle Database 11g: Manipulating Queries & Data Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-047 Oracle Database 11g SQL Expert To identify the steps for manipulating queries to return the data you need, using subqueries and set operators, and also for manipulating the actual data using INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE and other data manipulation language (DML) statements.  more...

Oracle Database 11g Using DDL Views Schema Objects Oracle Database 11g: Using DDL, Views & Schema Objects Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-047 Oracle Database 11g SQL Expert To recognize the steps for creating, defining, and dropping tables , manipulating how their data can be viewed, and using schema objects to generate integers, improve queries, and rename tables.  more...

Oracle Database 11g Controlling User Access Managing Objects Oracle Database 11g: Controlling User Access & Managing Objects Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-047 Oracle Database 11g SQL Expert To recognize the steps for controlling user access to objects and also for maintaining these objects by dropping columns and adding constraints and indexes.  more...

Oracle Database 11g Managing Data Dictionary Views Large Data Sets Oracle Database 11g: Managing Data Dictionary Views & Large Data Sets Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-047 Oracle Database 11g SQL Expert To recognize the steps for querying data dictionary views to viewsschema objects, and for performing operations on large amounts of data, such as inserting data into multiple tables and merging table rows.  more...

Oracle Database 11g Managing Time Zones Datetime Functions Oracle Database 11g: Managing Time Zones & Datetime Functions Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-047 Oracle Database 11g SQL Expert To identify the steps for managing data in different time zones in Oracle Database 11g, for managing time intervals, and for using datetime functions.  more...

Oracle Database 11g Suqueries Regular Expressions Oracle Database 11g: Suqueries & Regular Expressions Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-047 Oracle Database 11g SQL Expert To recognize the steps for retrieving data using subqueries and using regular expressions to search for, match, and replace strings.  more...

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Oracle Database 11g R2 Database Architecture Installation ...e & Installation Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-052 Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop I Release 2 To understand how an Oracle Database functions, it is important to gain a basic understanding of its major components. This course identifies the major architectural components of the Oracle Database 11g Release 2, explains memory structures,  more...

Oracle Database 11g R2 Database Creation Instance Management ...tance Management Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-052 Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop I Release 2 As an Oracle Database administrator, it is important to plan the database to ensure that the database software is installed properly. Planning involves the logical storage structure, the overall design, and a backup strategy. It is also important  more...

Oracle Database 11g R2 The ASM Instance Network Connectivity ...ork Connectivity Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-052 Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop I Release 2 Oracle Database 11g Release 2 offers Automatic Storage Management (ASM), which eliminates the need for many tasks that are required on a non-ASM storage environment by the DBA. Some of these tasks include I/O performance tuning, file system,  more...

Oracle Database 11g R2 Storage Structures User Security ... & User Security Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-052 Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop I Release 2 An Oracle database is divided into logical storage units called tablespaces. Oracle also provides Oracle-Managed Files (OMF), which eliminate the need for the DBA to directly manage the operating system files in the Oracle database. To access the  more...

Oracle Database 11g R2 Managing Concurrency Undo Auditing ... Undo & Auditing Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-052 Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop I Release 2 Oracle Database 11g Release 2 is designed to prevent multiple users from changing the same data at the same time by implementing locks. These locks are used to manage data concurrency and are implemented automatically, which can sometimes cause  more...

Oracle Database 11g R2 Managing Database Maintenance Performance ...ce & Performance Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-052 Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop I Release 2 General database maintenance and performance monitoring are important Oracle DBA tasks. Proactive and reactive database maintenance is made easy by the sophisticated infrastructure of Oracle Database 11g Release 2, including elements such as  more...

Oracle Database 11g R2 Backup Recovery ...ackup & Recovery Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-052 Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop I Release 2 Preparing for and performing data recovery and completing database backups are expected job duties of an Oracle Database 11g Database Administrator (DBA) to ensure that the database is available for users when they require it. They also need to  more...

Oracle Database 11g R2 Moving Data Oracle Support ...& Oracle Support Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-052 Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop I Release 2 From time to time Oracle DBAs are required to move data. Oracle Database 11g Release 2 offers various ways to complete this task, including Oracle Data Pump, SQL*Loader, and the use of external tables. DBAs are also required to ensure that the  more...

1Z0-052 ORACLE DATABASE 11G ADMINISTRATION WORKSHOP I R2 1Z0-052 ORACLE DATABASE 11G: ADMINISTRATION WORKSHOP I R2 Oracle Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate 1Z0-052 Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop I Release 2  more...

Oracle 10g OCA ...begin building your foundation with Oracle 10g. An Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) demonstrates a solid foundation of skills for an apprentice or entry-level job role. By earning your OCA you greatly improve your opportunities to achieving your goals. The Oracle Certified Associate is the first step to becoming an Oracle Professional. It?s designed to provide a foundation in Oracle Database  more...