PRO+ - CompTIA Project + Certification Training

This five-day instructor-led course CompTIA Project+ (2009 Objectives) delves into the unique challenges of managing IT projects, and offers a roadmap to success. The Project+ course was specifically designed to address the skills inventory and performance outcomes that you need to be successful in today's volatile IT market.

The CompTIA Project+ certification is an international, vendor-neutral certification that covers the entire project life cycle from initiation and planning through execution, acceptance, support and closure. CompTIA Project+ gives project managers the skills necessary to complete projects on time and within budget, and creates a common project management language among project team members.

CompTIA Project+ is a globally recognized project management certification that identifies qualified and quality project managers.

The latest version of CompTIA Project+ is CompTIA Project+ 2009.

Number of questions: 80
Length of test: 90 minutes
Passing score: 499 on a scale of 100-900
Recommended experience: One year of practical project management
Exam code: PK0-002

• You can donwload the CompTIA Project+ 2009 Exam Objectives here

Module 1: Identify the basics of a typical project and compare them with an IT project 
• Project Initiation: Discovery and Analysis
• Creating a Project Concept Definition
• Defining Business and Functional Requirements
• Define Technical Requirements
• Strategic and Operational Relevance
• Assessing Project Feasibility
• Perform Risk Assessment

Module 2: Develop effort, time, and cost estimates
• Project Initiation: Estimating
• Construct a Formal Estimate
• Create Time Estimates
• Create Cost Estimates

Module 3: Create a scope document and get approval from the stakeholders
• Project Initiation: Framing the Project
• Managing Change
• Writing the Scope Statement
• Writing the Project Charter
• Writing a Statement of Work (SOW)

Module 4: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Project Planning: Laying the Foundation
• Setting Expectations for the Planning Process
• Decomposing a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Creating a Network Diagram
• Identify and Analyze the Critical Path
• Creating Project Schedules
• Creating Project Budgets

Module 5: Identify different phases of a project
• Project Planning: Developing the Plan
• Develop Resource Management Plan
• Develop a Risk Management Plan
• Develop a Quality Management Plan
• Develop an Operational Transfer Plan
• Develop a Communication Plan
• Compile a Comprehensive Project Plan

Module 6: Identify the stakeholders for a project
• Project Planning: Building the Team
• Assemble the Project Team
• Building and Supporting the team
• Developing the Team

Module 7: Track the project and resolve issues
• Project Execution: Monitoring and Managing
• Monitor the Project Interactivity
• Calculate Earned Value
• Execute Schedule Updates
• Execute Budget Updates
• Managing the Critical Path
• Managing the Project Team
• Managing Project Quality
• Managing Vendors

Module 8: Manage resources, quality, the project team, and changes
• Project Control: Managing Chaos
• Interpreting Control Techniques
• Mitigating Scope Creep
• Managing Variances

Module 9: Recognise the importance of project closure
• Project Closure: Tying Up Loose Ends
• Managing Documentation
• Managing the Operational Transfer Plan
• Write Project Closure Report
• Obtain Final, Formal Sign-off
• Document Lessons Learned
• Managing Administrative Closure

Although this course is primarily designed to teach you the techniques and methods to manage IT projects, it will also provide you with the skills and knowledge necessary to prepare you for CompTIA’s IT Project + certification exam, PKO-002.

Unlike some project management certifications, CompTIA Project+ can be earned quickly and cost-effectively. There are no prerequisites, and candidates are not required to submit an application or complete additional hours of continuing education.