From: Charles Henson (chenson@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Oct 20 2008 - 22:18:25 ARST
That's two similar feedbacks. I think I'm getting the idea. Thanks for the
guidance Scott.
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Scott M Vermillion <
scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com> wrote:
> Hey Charles,
>
> No doubt the professional instructors will have some advice for you on this
> topic. But just a quick question for you:
>
> What is your own estimate of how much time this costs you per lab, on
> average? My guess is that sometimes it doesn't hurt you much. But in
> other
> cases it could cost you around $1400. You're introducing unnecessary
> troubleshooting and reconfiguration steps. A good (simple) example would
> be
> BGP confederation. If you go configure BGP but leave some confed task for
> last, you're going to wind up needing to start all over.
>
> This is part of the broader test. If you don't address it properly in
> your
> preparations, then at best you have less wiggle room in other areas of the
> exam. Obviously at worst you have some additional travel arrangements to
> make at some point down the line.
>
> And I say all of this as someone who struggles with time management. I
> don't necessarily have your specific issue of not wanting to work out
> attack
> strategy beforehand, but I do tend to be a tad slow. As such, much (if not
> most) of my final month of prep for R&S was dedicated exclusively to lab
> strategy and time management. I did do a whirlwind review of technologies
> and the documentation, but thankfully most of that was "checked off" before
> going into the final stretch so that I could apply myself to this critical
> aspect of the lab exam.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Charles Henson
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 4:57 PM
> To: Cisco certification
> Subject: strategy / approach question
>
> I'm about a month out from my first attempt. I am at the point where I'm
> completing most labs comfortably but I still am trying to work on improving
> my time. My question is this: One area I'm not too great on is identifying
> the issues ahead of time. I tend to drag my feet thru the lab and when I
> get
> to something that influences how I set things up an hour ago, I work thru
> it
> and keep going. I understand that it's not effecient, that's just my
> method.
> Page 1, Page 2, etc. I'm just curious to hear from other people if they
> have
> had this approach and survived or if the key to passing in a timely manner
> really depends on your ability to forecast problems when you initially read
> thru your instructions first thing in the morning. My goal for the next
> month - "Strategery"
>
> Anyone have any thoughts? Experiences?
>
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