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CompTIA Project+ Certification Guide

By : J. Ashley Hunt
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CompTIA Project+ Certification Guide

By: J. Ashley Hunt

Overview of this book

The CompTIA Project+ exam is designed for IT professionals who want to improve their career trajectory by gaining certification in project management specific to their industry. This guide covers everything necessary to pass the current iteration of the Project+ PK0-004 exam. The CompTIA Project+ Certification Guide starts by covering project initiation best practices, including an understanding of organizational structures, team roles, and responsibilities. You’ll then study best practices for developing a project charter and the scope of work to produce deliverables necessary to obtain formal approval of the end result. The ability to monitor your project work and make changes as necessary to bring performance back in line with the plan is the difference between a successful and unsuccessful project. The concluding chapters of the book provide best practices to help keep an eye on your projects and close them out successfully. The guide also includes practice questions created to mirror the exam experience and help solidify your understanding of core project management concepts. By the end of this book, you will be able to develop creative solutions for complex issues faced in project management.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Chapter 5 – Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

  1. Requirements traceability matrix.
  2. Hierarchical decomposition of 100% scope of work.
  3. WBS dictionary.
  4. WBS, Scope statement, WBS dictionary.
  5. Decomposition.
  6. The code of accounts.
  7. Create the scope statement.
  8. Scope statement.
  1. The scope statement describes what will and will not be done, and the WBS formalizes that. The scope statement also describes what will and will not be done, and the WBS decomposes to a level you can estimate effectively.
  2. Decomposes the scope of the work to the work package level.
  3. The project charter gives formal authorization to begin project work, and the scope statement clearly describes what features will and will not be produced during the project.
  4. 100% scope of work as it is known today.
  5. Offers more flexibility for scope of work.
  6. This project’s work package level is level one.
  7. A document...