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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)

Questions

  1. You are the project manager for a large development project and are discussing budgeting with your sponsor. The sponsor is asking for a definitive estimate from you to properly allocate funds for the project. Which of the following estimating techniques will give you a definitive estimate?
    • Analogous
    • Parametric
    • Bottom-up
    • Three-point
  2. Which of the following could be considered the costs of quality? Choose all that apply:
    • Training
    • Appraisal
    • Resource rates
    • Scope creep
    • Formal change control
    • Prevention costs
  3. You and your team have reached a milestone on your project, and your senior stakeholders will be signing-off on the quality of the work and the project’s progress. These formal processes are known as which of the following?
    • Quality gate
    • Phase gate review
    • Governance gate
    • Go / no go decision
  4. As a project manager, your responsibility is to put together a comprehensive...