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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 installation project. Your key stakeholders are discussing what is needed to be accomplished to set up their new data center and have some specific ideas about what they want. What is the best document to collect all their requirements?
    • Requirements list
    • WBS
    • Requirements traceability matrix
    • Scope statement
  1. Which of the following is the best description of a WBS?
    • Hierarchical decomposition of 100% scope of work
    • Organizational chart for scope of work
    • What will and will not be included in the scope of work
    • An outline
  2. Bill is your sponsor, and he has come to you and asked for an overview of the work package you and your team have decomposed. He is concerned because your customer doesn’t really understand your WBS, and before they sign off on the baseline, they would like a clearer understanding of the scope of work...