Study Strategy and Schedule Follow up

It´s time to do a little follow up on my schedule... After watching a few Videos from IPExpert CCIE R&S Blended Learning Solutions  I decided to change my strategy just a bit!

This new strategy includes checking the DocCD for each and every task in the workbooks, even the ones that I know!

Man... I must say... it´s really tough! It takes much longer than what I was expecting! So, instead of jumping in the rack I´m trying to solve the problems in the Notepad, and just after that, I rent a Rack!

It´s not the best approach for the Workbook Volume 2, but seens fair enough for me for the Workbook Volume 1 - Technology Labs! I´ll try a couple labs using this strategy, and decide if I´ll keep following this way or not!

One thing for sure, the experience I´ll get on DocCD will be priceless! This is a vital part of the CCIE preparation!

This is going to delay my schedule at first, but I think I´ll be able to catch it up, and stay on my goal to finish IPExpert Workbook Volume 1 + Video on Demand until September 29! My time to find answers in DocCD will increase with practice, and that should speed up the thinks a little bit before this date!

Well... time to study a while now! ;)

Schedule: IPExpert´s Volume 1 Lab Workbook: CCIE R&S "Focus Labs" - Updated: July 14, 2008

Today I checked my IPExpert Account, and for my surprise, all the new Workbooks were there, in their online pdf version! COOL!

Based on that, I´m planning on doing the Technology Focused Labs Workbook according to the schedule bellow, also, this includes watching the VoD that will soon arrive in my brand new Blended Learning Solutions! Can´t wait to check that out!

Section	To be done until...	Comments
General Lab Setup 1 1/2 Hours	July 14,  2008	Done July 5, 2008 Review
Quad Catalyst - PVST 3 1/2 Hours	July 14,  2008	Done (notepad) July 13, 2008 Review
Quad Catalyst - MST 2 Hours	July 14,  2008	Not done yet!
Quad Catalyst - Rapid-PVST 3 Hours	July 14,  2008	Not done yet!
Layer2 Tunneling 2 Hours	July 14,  2008	Not done yet!
Frame-Relay 3 Hours	July 21,  2008	Not done yet!
Bridging and Frame-Relay 2 Hours	July 21,  2008	Not done yet!
RIP 2 Hours	July 28,  2008	Not done yet!
EIGRP 2 Hours	August 4,  2008	Not done yet!
OSPF 2 Hours	August 11,  2008	Not done yet!
BGP 2 Hours	August 11,  2008	Not done yet!
Routing Protocol Redistribution 2 Hours	August 11,  2008	Not done yet!
ACLs and Filters for IP 2 Hours	August 18,  2008	Not done yet!
Router Security 2 Hours	August 18,  2008	Not done yet!
Router Redundancy 2 Hours	August 18,  2008	Not done yet!
Advanced Router Management 2 Hours	August 25,  2008	Not done yet!
Multicast 2 Hours	August 25,  2008	Not done yet!
Quality of Service 2 Hours	September 1,  2008	Not done yet!
QoS/MQC Conversions 2 Hours	September 8,  2008	Not done yet!
GRE and Routing Protocols 2 Hours	September 15,  2008	Not done yet!
IPv6 2 Hours	September 22,  2008	Not done yet!
IPv6 Advanced Routing 2 Hours	September 29,  2008	Not done yet!

Learning how each technology works is one of my goals before proceeding to full scale labs, that´s for sure the best thing anyone can do to start the studies to the CCIE Lab.

Also I´ll use the DocCD to check every little doubt that I have, and to get used to it! ;)

Will I be able to stick to the schedule?! I´ll try my best to do it, but, it´s all up on how my life (social, work, etc) will be in the next couple months!

If possible I´ll try to speed it to the most and finish all Focused Labs (and VoD) before the end of August!