CompTIA Project+ Certification

Exam: PK0-004

Course Description: This course is designed to provide you with the skills needed to be a successful project manager in today’s rapidly changing world. Additionally, this course can be a significant part of your preparation for the CompTIA® Project+® certification exam.

Duration: 5 days (Full-time 9:00am – 5:00pm) OR 6 weeks (Evening 6:00pm – 9:00pm, Twice weekly)

Learning Objectives
In this course, you will apply recognized practices of project management and understand a project’s life cycle, roles, and skills necessary to effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control and close a project.
You will:

• Identify the fundamentals of project management.
• Initiate a project.
• Create project plans, stakeholder strategies, and scope statement.
• Develop a Work Breakdown Structure and activity lists.
• Develop project schedule and identify the critical path.
• Plan project costs.
• Create project staffing and quality management plans.
• Create an effective communication plan.
• Create a risk management plan, perform risk analysis, and develop a risk response plan.
• Plan project procurements.
• Develop change management and transition plans.
• Assemble and launch the project team to execute the plan.
• Execute the project procurement plan.
• Monitor and control project performance.
• Monitor and control project constraints.
• Monitor and control project risks.
• Monitor and control procurements.
• Perform project closure activities.

Course Outline:

• Module 1 – Defining Project Management Fundamentals
• Module 2 – Initiating The Project
• Module 3 – Planning The Project
• Module 4 – Preparing To Develop The Project Schedule
• Module 5 – Developing The Project Schedule
• Module 6 – Planning Project Costs
• Module 7 – Planning Human Resources And Quality Management
• Module 8 – Communicating During The Project
• Module 9 – Planning For Risk
• Module 10 – Planning Project Procurements
• Module 11 – Planning For Change And Transitions
• Module 12 – Executing The Project
• Module 13 – Executing The Procurement Plan
• Module 14 – Monitoring And Controlling Project Performance
• Module 15 – Monitoring And Controlling Project Constraints
• Module 16 – Monitoring And Controlling Project Risks
• Module 17 – Monitoring And Controlling Procurements
• Module 18 – Closing The Project