Overview
In this course, participants will apply recognized practices of project management and understand a project’s life cycle and roles and skills necessary to effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close a project.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
Who Should Attend?
The CompTIA Project+ Certification will significantly beneficial towards IT professionals, Project managers and anyone who want to gain the skills and knowledge required to successfully manage and deploy an IT project.
Course Outline
- Examine the Basics of Project Management
- Describe the Project Life Cycle
- Examine Organizational Influences on Project Management
- Create a Project Concept Definition Statement
- Examine Project Selection
- Determine Strategic and Operational Relevance
- Perform Project Feasibility
- Determine Technical Requirements
- Prepare a Project Statement of Work
- Create a Project Charter
- Identify Project Stakeholders
- Identify Elements of the Project
- Management Plan and Subsidiary Plans
- Determine Stakeholder Needs
- Create a Scope Statement
- Develop a Work Breakdown Structure
- 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
- Examine a Risk Management Plan
- Identify Project Risks and Triggers
- Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
- Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Develop a Risk Response Plan
- Estimate Project Costs
- Estimate the Cost Baseline
- Reconcile Funding and Costs
- Plan Project Procurements
- Prepare a Procurement Statement of Work
- Prepare a Procurement Document
- Develop an Integrated Change Control System
- Develop a Transition Plan
- 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
- Obtain Responses from Sellers
- Determine Project Sellers
- Monitor and Control Project Work
- Manage Project Changes
- Report on Project Performance
- Control Project Scope
- Control Project Schedule
- Control Project Costs
- Manage Project Quality
- Control Project Risks
- Managing Vendors and Procurements
- Deliver the Final Product
- Close Project Procurements
- Conduct a Closeout Meeting
- Close a Project
