CompTIA Project+ Certification Prep Training

Who Should Attend?

Recommended:

Familiarity with project-based work, including participation in or support of projects, ideally with some hands-on experience in an IT or business context

After completing the course, you will be able to:

• Understand the key characteristics of a project, including phases, schedules, roles and responsibilities, cost controls, and core Agile principles.
• Assess the impact of project constraints and influencing factors while applying appropriate risk management strategies and activities.
• Apply effective communication techniques and change control processes within a project environment.
• Use essential project management tools and develop project- and partner-focused documentation to support successful project delivery.

1. Exploring Project Management Fundamentals
   
   • Examine the basics of project management
   • Describe the project life cycle
   • Examine organizational influences on project management
2. Performing the pre-project setup
   
   • Create a project concept definition statement
   • Examine project selection
   • Determine strategic and operational relevance
   • Perform project feasibility
   • Determine technical requirements
3. Initiating a project
   
   • Prepare a project statement of work
   • Create a project charter
   • Identify project stakeholders
4. Planning project strategy
   
   • Identify elements of the project management plan and subsidiary plans
   • Determine stakeholder needs
   • Create a scope statement
   • Develop a work breakdown structure
5. Developing the project schedule
   
   • Create an activity list
   • Create a project schedule network diagram
   • Identify resources
   • Estimate time
   • Develop a project schedule
   • Identify the critical path
   • Optimize the project schedule
   • Create a schedule baseline
6. Planning human resources, communication, and quality
   
   • Create a human resource plan
   • Create a communications management plan
   • Create a quality management plan
7. Planning project risk management
   
   • Examine a risk management plan
   • Identify project risks and triggers
   • Perform qualitative risk analysis
   • Perform quantitative risk analysis
   • Develop a risk response plan
8. Planning project costs
   
   • Estimate project costs
   • Estimate the cost baseline
   • Reconcile funding and costs
9. Planning project procurements
   
   • Plan project procurements
   • Prepare a procurement statement of work
   • Prepare a procurement document
10. Planning for change management and transitions
    
    • Develop an integrated change control system
    • Develop a transition plan
11. Managing project execution
    
    • Direct project execution
    • Execute a quality assurance plan
    • Assemble a project team
    • Develop a project team
    • Manage a project team
    • Distribute project information
    • Manage stakeholder relationships and expectations
12. Managing project procurement
    
    • Obtain responses from sellers
    • Determine project sellers
13. Control project performance
    
    • Monitor and control project work
    • Manage project changes
    • Report on project performance
14. Monitor and control the triple constraints
    
    • Control project scope
    • Control project schedule
    • Control project costs
    • Manage project quality
15. Monitoring project risks and procurements
    
    • Control project risks
    • Managing vendors and procurements
16. Performing the project closure processes
    
    • Deliver the final product
    • Close project procurements
    • Conduct a closeout meeting
    • Close a project