Practical Guide to Continuous Delivery, A, 1st edition

Jump start your project management career with the Official Cert Guide to the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)^® Exam

Exam Update: This product covers content for the new CAPM^® Exam released by PMI in July, 2023. Learn more at pmi.org/CAPM

Learn, prepare, and practice for test day success with the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)^® Exam Official Cert Guide, a Project Management Institute (PMI)^® authorized self-study resource. This comprehensive guide from instructors and authors Vijay Kanabar, Arthur P. Thomas, and Thomas Lechler addresses the all-new 2023 CAPM^® Exam domains:

• Project management fundamentals and core concepts
• Predictive, plan-based methodologies
• Agile frameworks/methodologies
• Business analysis frameworks

CAPM is an essential first step in building your career at any stage as a project manager and a stepping-stone to the Project Management Professional (PMP)^® Certification. CAPM is globally recognized as providing candidates with a solid foundation in hands-on project management skills and knowledge. The CAPM exam covers a broad range of project management approaches and prepares candidates in the skills, tools, and techniques that can be applied in the field of project management.

The Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)^® Exam Official Cert Guide features

• Complete coverage of all CAPM exam topics
• Do I Know This Already? quizzes identify knowledge gaps
• Chapter exercises to review key concepts
• A suggested study plan to optimize your final review

You also get access to valuable study tools on the book's companion website, including

• Two full-length practice exams powered by Pearson Test Prep practice software with realistic question sets, customization options, and detailed performance reports
• Key term flash cards
• Appendices and glossary downloads

This complete study package offers a deep dive on CAPM exam topics:

• Organizing for project performance
• Predicative methodologies
• Adaptive frameworks
• Measurement, tracking, and managing uncertainty
• Business analysis frameworks and domains

• Understand the problems that Continuous Delivery solves, and how it solves them
• Establish an infrastructure for maximum software automation
• Leverage virtualisation and Platform as a Service (PAAS) cloud solutions
• Implement build automation and continuous integration with Gradle, Maven, and Jenkins
• Perform static code reviews with SonarQube and repositories to store build artifacts
• Establish automated GUI and textual acceptance testing with behavior-driven design
• Ensure appropriate performance via capacity testing
• Check new features and problems with exploratory testing
• Minimise risk throughout automated production software rollouts
• Gather and analyse metrics and logs with Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK), and Graphite
• Manage the introduction of Continuous Delivery into your enterprise
• Architect software to facilitate Continuous Delivery of new capabilities