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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. After meeting with your end users, they have stated that they would like to perform an inspection on the quality and the scope of work before accepting the result. You let them know that would match up with your organization’s best practices. In addition, you will want them to formally sign off on the deliverables. The customer agrees. Which of the following processes include formal sign-off on the deliverable?
    • Quality control
    • Close procurement
    • Validate scope
    • Quality assurance
  2. Which of the following charts or graphs would be useful when trying to determine the main causes for defects in your quality?
    • Fishbone
    • Pareto diagram
    • Histogram
    • Scatter diagram
  3. Project management has a cycle that is like quality’s continuous improvements. Which of the following would be considered continuous improvements for quality?
    • Plan, check, and act
    • Initiation, panning...