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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)

Phase closure

Phase closures have similar formal processes to be sure that they are closed appropriately. Often, that process will be aligned with your organizational process assets and will include a phase gate review or governance gates to get that go/no-go decision. No matter whether the phases overlap, are sequential, or are agile, they will be closed out formally. Much like in project closure, there will be sign-off and a transfer to the next phase. There may be a hand-off to the next project manager if the phases are being managed by multiple project managers. You also may be entering a training phase or something similar. The production of the result has completed but now you need to make sure the transfer to the end users goes smoothly.