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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 3 – Project Roles and Responsibilities

  1. Project sponsor.
  2. Coordinator.
  3. PMO.
  4. Procurement manager.
  5. The plan, once approved, can only be changed through formal change-control. This includes the management plans and baselines.
  6. Stakeholder matrix.
  7. Change-control board (CCB).
  8. A person or group who has requirements that must be met for the project to be considered successful.
  9. Stakeholder matrix.
  10. Whether you will be tracking and documenting their project performance and submitting the documentation to their functional manager for their performance reviews. How the resources will be acquired and how they will be released from project work.
  11. Stakeholder-management plan, Schedule-management plan, and schedule baseline, Cost-management plan, and cost baseline.
  12. Change-control board (CCB).
  13. Buyer.
  14. CAPM®.
  15. Functional manager at the customer’s organization.
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