PMP Exam, PMI-ACP Agile, ITIL v3 Foundation, PRINCE2 Foundation Certification: Free Study Notes & Tips 2017 — through Online Self Study for Working Professionals

Introduction: Read here for an introduction to ITIL® and the ITIL® Qualification Scheme. This is a good starting point for IT service practitioners to begin their ITIL® v3 Certification journey, especially for ITIL® Foundation Certification Aspirants. What is ITIL®? ITIL® stands for Information Technology Infrastructure Library. ITIL® provides a set of...

[PMI-ACP® study notes] Unlike the traditional “waterfall” project management philosophy, Agile project management philosophy is geared to providing flexibility in response to the ever changing environment and requirements. Industries like software development and information technology are among the first to embrace Agile. This article outlines what makes Agile distinct from...

Introduction: The Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) Certification is a project management certification developed in response to the proliferation in the adoption of Agile methodologies in today’s project. The PMI put forth a set of criteria to test the Agile practitioners’ general knowledge of Agile methodologies without limiting to a...

Introduction: If you would like to customize the functions or the style of a WordPress theme, it is highly recommended to create a WordPress child theme and edit the files of the child theme instead of the original theme files so that any updates to the original theme will not...

Introduction: You have launched your website several days ago but you still could not find your website in Google search. You can access it by typing the domain in the URL bar. What’s wrong? It might by your robots.txt. But first, you should check whether your website has been indexed by...

Summary: From time to time, it might be wise to use the ahref tag to insert an HTML email link inside the web page for visitors to compose and send emails to the email addresses specified on the page instead of a dedicated contact form. Besides the mailto: action which specifies the...

Introduction: When creating a new blog or personal website, it is natural to find the idea of free WordPress hosting very attractive. Yet the truth is “you get what you pay for (usually)”. It is expensive to maintain the web servers and internet connection. Even WordPress advises against free hosting. Why would...

Introduction: Recently a website of mine suddenly disappears from Google search result pages. I followed a course of actions to find out the possible causes and make changes to the website with the hope to get out of the Google penalty. Today, the website suddenly resurfaces with the original search result...

Introduction: Out of the box, support for SEO (search engine optimization) of WordPress is poor. With the help of WordPress SEO like Yoast WordPress SEO, the WordPress website can be configured to behave in a search engine friendly way. However, custom tweaking is required for WordPress pagination in order to avoid...

Introduction: When it comes to the first Project Management Certification for I.T. practitioners, the top two credentials would often be ITIL® Foundation or PMP®. The question is: which one is better? Below is an introduction and comparison of ITIL® Certification and PMP® Certification. Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) Certification The Information Technology...

Introduction: There are two different ways to get free web hosting. One simple approach is to find a free service by a web hosting company, but you will have to be very careful here as you might have to pay much more at the end of the day. The other...

Introduction: This is my personal story of how to be a web developer. I transform myself from a graphic designer to a web developer and designer (a.k.a. full-stack web developer). It is a long and difficult journey that requires much determination and self discipline. But the result is very fruitful....

Introduction: With the advancement of technology like WordPress, building your own website is pretty easy nowadays. It is often advisable to build a website using your name as the domain name and turn that website into your digital resume to accelerate your career development. The followings are the top 10 reasons...

Introduction: This tutorial will help you to build your own website including personal and SME websites in 3 easy-to-follow steps, namely: 1) sign up for a domain and hosting, 2) install WordPress, 3) add a few pages of contents. This website creation tutorial is intended for learners with little or no...

Summary: The user agent for IE 11 does not contain MSIE any more, which is a tactic deliberately set by Microsoft IE team. Although browser sniffing is NOT considered as a best practice for web development, it is sometimes a must owing to various practical reasons. Recently, I need to...