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CompTIA Project+

Overview
Skills Taught
Audience
 Prerequisites
Outline
Duration:30 hours
Skill Level:Basic
Certifications:N/A; 24 PDUs for Certified PMP
Delivery Type:Expert Encore

Description
Information Technology (IT) projects can be some of the most complex tasks that a modern organization faces. Corporate employees tasked with managing these projects need a vast array of technical and interpersonal skills that are rarely found and developed.

This important Project + course is designed for any Information Technology and business professionals that are involved with IT projects and business projects with a technology component. This in-depth and very detailed course examines the business interpersonal and technical project management skills required to successfully manage IT projects and business initiatives with a technology component. This course qualifies for 24 PDUs for certified PMPs or 24 Contact Hours for candidates pursuing their certification.

Skills Taught
After completing this course, the student should be able to:

  • Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling and Closing a project across the knowledge areas of Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Human Resources, Communications, Risk and Procurement.
Audience
This course is designed for students that want to improve their business interpersonal and technical project management skills to better manage projects and business initiatives with a technology component. The careers listed below are some of the individual’s that are ideal candidates for this Project+ course: Programmer Senior Level Project Manager Intermediate Level Project Manager Entry Level Software Architect Senior Level

Prerequisites
Ideally, students attending the Project+ course should possess some experience in leading, managing and directing small to medium scale IT projects.

Outline
Module 1: IT Project Management Overview
  • Define an IT Project
  • Define Project Management
  • Project Process and Life Cycle
  • Organizational Structure
Module 2: Project Initiation
  • Project Request
  • Project Selection
  • Project Stakeholders
  • Project Charter
Module 3: Scoping the Project
  • Scope Overview
  • Evaluating the Scope
Module 4: Scheduling the Project
  • Activity Definition and Sequence
  • Time Estimates
  • Schedule Development
Module 5: Cost of the Project
  • Resource Planning
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cost Budget
Module 6: Additional Planning Processes
  • HR Planning
  • Quality Planning
  • Risk Management
  • Communication Planning
  • Procurement Planning
Module 7: In-Depth Project Planning
  • Project Plan Components
  • Finishing the Planning Phase
Module 8: Executing the Project
  • Setting Expectations
  • Additional Stakeholder Relationships
  • Performing According to Plan
  • Information Distribution
  • Vendor Contract
Module 9: Controlling the Project
  • Integrated Change Control
  • Quality Control
  • IT Quality Control
  • Risk Response
  • Performance Reporting
Module 10: Completing the Project and Identifying Closure
  • Closing the Project