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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)

Project management knowledge areas

There are 10 areas of expertise or knowledge that can be utilized on most, if not all, projects. The 10 project-management knowledge areas each contain specific processes, input, tools and techniques, and output that relate to specific areas of the project. These knowledge areas come from the Project Management Body of Knowledge or the PMBOK® Guide – 6th edition.

You will cover a variety of best practices and processes from their related knowledge areas as you move through this guide. This is just an overview of each knowledge area and its role in project management. As you go through the overview, ask yourself which of these knowledge areas are part of your day-to-day projects that would need to be planned for, executed, monitored, and controlled.

Some project managers only work with the core constraints of scope, time, and cost...