My Favorite Mnemonics

After the first mnemonic I learnt at school to remember the 9 planets in my day - My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets, there have been others I've been relying on

OSI layer - All People Seem To Need Data Processing

• All = Application Layer
• People= Presentation Layer
• Seem = Session Layer
• To = Transport Layer
• Need = Network Layer
• Data = Data Link Layer
• Processing = Physical Layer

“I Saw Two Crows Quietly Having Coffee and Reading Poetic Songs” for the 10 PMI Knowledge Areas:

• Integration
• Scope
• Time
• Cost
• Quality
• HR
• Communications
• Risk
• Procurement
• Stakeholders

CROPS - Five Pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework:

• Cost Optimization
• Reliability
• Operational Excellence
• Performance Efficiency
• Security

First steps to do a differential diagnosis - VINDICATE: Vascular, Infection, Neoplasm, Drugs, Idiopathic, Congenital, Autoimmune, Traumatic, Endocrine.

Four techniques for better encoding your memories - FOUR:

• Focus - don’t multitask and avoid distractions
• Organize - create patterns
• Understand and relate - connect it to prior knowledge
• Recruit multiple systems -