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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)

Retrospectives

The easiest way to explain retrospectives is that they are like lessons-learned meetings but are held by the team and for the team only. The goal of reflection is to look back and make changes going forward, and that is exactly what the retrospectives are for. Typically, a retrospective will last about two to three hours and happen directly after Sprint reviews, but before the next Sprint planning meeting.

The team will have in-depth discussions based on three distinct questions.

What should we:

  • Stop doing?
  • Start doing?
  • Keep doing?

This information helps plan the next iteration and promotes continuous improvement.

There are so many benefits to the framework of Scrum, and that is why it is one of the most popular agile frameworks. It is also a far cry from the predictive project management you have reviewed throughout this guide. Remember that I mentioned that...