CompTIA Project+ Study Guide

1-4239-1447-3 © 2007 Publish date: January 26, 2006 276 pages

Study Guide + Exam Prep Software: $59.00

 

The Project+ study guide has been awarded an overall quality rating of 4.9/5.0 from the experts at ProCert Labs. Use this fantastic training tool to thoroughly prepare for the current CompTIA Project+ certification exam.

Our computer training books bring you consistent, high-quality content that you can use both in practice as well as in the exam room. This course covers the vast range of skills and concepts that you need to master in order to effectively plan and implement your projects.

The Project+ courseware thoroughly covers both the project initiation and planning processes which culminate in the creation of a project schedule. By learning techniques for managing business issues like cost and risk and learning best practices for managing people and resources, you will be able to successfully complete your projects. You will also learn about managing change and closing projects.

This self-directed course is a fantastic tool on its own for preparing for the exam but it also makes a useful addition to other courses. You'll learn on your own terms by following the Project+ courseware. You can take as long as you need to master the material and prepare for the exam. Afterwards, keep the study guide as a reference whenever you need help managing a project.

Courseware Objectives

You will learn project management concepts, tools and resources, and basic project management skills. You understand stakeholder needs and expectations, business requirements, and how to perform systems requirements analysis. You'll be able to identify various roles and responsibilities, create project charters and scope documents.

The courseware covers strategies for consensus-building with management and other project stakeholders, planning processes, and creating work breakdown structures, effort, time, and cost estimates, project teams and project schedules.

You will also learn how to create communication plans, resource management plans, procurement and vendor management plans, risk management plans, quality management plans, and comprehensive project plans.

The study guide leads you in the management of the project team as well as client relationships. You'll learn about budgets, project tracking activities, managing change, managing resources and quality, evaluating and measuring a project's performance, and closing a project.

Project+ Study Guide Contents

Unit 1 covers an overview of project management

• Project management introduction
• IT project management
• Project management skills

Unit 2 discusses project initiation

• Project stakeholders
• Business requirements
• Analyzing system requirements
• Key roles and responsibilities
• Project charter
• Defining scope
• Obtaining stakeholder consensus and approval

Unit 3 covers planning, estimating and scheduling projects

• The planning phase
• Work breakdown structures
• Effort, time, and cost estimates
• Project teams
• Project schedules

Unit 4 discusses project plans

• Communication plans
• Resource management plans
• Procurement and vendor management plans
• Risk management plans
• Quality management plans
• Comprehensive project plans

Unit 5 covers managing people

• Managing the project team
• Client relationships

Unit 6 discusses managing cost and evaluating project performance

• Creating budgets
• Tracking
• Performance reporting

Unit 7 covers managing change and quality

• Managing change
• Resource and quality management

Unit 8 goes over project closures

• Closing projects

Appendix A contains the Project + Certification exam objectives map