CompTIA Project+ - 21 Hours Self-paced

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Course curriculum

1. Overview
2. About the Exam
3. Course Description
1. Lesson Objectives
2. Understand Project Management Basics
3. Project Life Cycle
4. Project Management Skills
5. Develop the Business Case
6. Write Value-focused Problems Statements
7. Current State and Future State
8. Assesing Financial Impact
9. Financial Risks and Assumptions
10. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors
11. Identify Project Characteristics
12. Types of organizational structures
13. Projects in a program
14. Project Management Roles
15. Project Influencer Roles
16. Project in a Portfolio
17. Business Case Template
18. Summary Lesson 1
1. Lesson Objectives
2. Identify Project Methodologies
3. Waterfall / Predictive / Traditional
4. Agile / Adaptive
5. Scrum
6. Kanban
7. XP - eXtreme Programming
8. DevOps
9. Scaled Agile Framework
10. SDLC - Software Development Life Cycle
11. PRINCE2 - Projects in Controlled Environments
12. Comparing Agile and Waterfall
13. Product Ownership
14. Team Composition
15. Communication
16. Requirements
17. Budget and Schedule
18. Environmental Factors
19. Summary Lesson 2
1. Lesson Introduction
2. Build a Project Team
3. Project Team Roles and Responsabilities
4. Core and Extended Team Members
5. Select Project Team Members
6. Project Organizational Chart
7. Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
8. Stakeholder Engagement
9. Prepare Project Initiation Documents
10. Review Existing Artifacts
11. Performance Measures
12. Timeline Charts
13. Project Charter
14. Sections of a Project Charter
15. Preliminary Scope Statement
16. Develop a Records Management Plan
17. Project Kickoff
18. Summary Lesson 3
1. Lesson Introduction
2. Lead Effective Meetings
3. Communication Methods
4. Meeting Roles
5. Informative Meetings
6. Decisive Meetings
7. Collaborative Meetings
8. Meeting Artifacts
9. Communication Challenges
10. Team Life Cycle
11. Conflict Management
12. Conflict Resolution Strategies
13. Conflict Escalation
14. Use Project Management Tools
15. Software Installation Options
16. Project Tools
17. Meeting Tools
18. Productivity Tools
19. Common Diagrams
20. Collaboration Tools
21. Communication Platforms
22. Create a Communication Plan
23. Elements of a Communication Plan
24. Develop a Communication Plan
25. Build an Escalation Plan
26. Sections of an Escalation Plan
27. Maintain Communication Records
28. Summary Lesson 4
1. Lesson Introduction
2. Create a Solution Design Document
3. Solutions Desing Overview
4. Functional and Nonfunctional Requirements
5. Solution Design Example
6. Solution Design Approach
7. Solution Design in an Agile Project
8. Evaluate IT Infrastructure Needs
9. IT Infrastructure
10. Cloud Models
11. Common Enterprise Software
12. Data Classification
13. Data Handling Considerations
14. Digital Security
15. Physical Security and Operational Security
16. Summary Lesson 5
1. Lesson Introduction
2. Describe the Resource Life Cycle
3. Types of Resources
4. Resource Sourcing Methods
5. Resource Allocation Methods
6. Calculating Shared Resource Capacity
7. Resource Life Cycle
8. Resource Retirement Examples
9. Conduct a Needs Assessment
10. Gap Analysis
11. Resource Optimization
12. Fishbone Diagram
13. Skills Matrix
14. Histogram
15. Resource Management Process
16. Summary Lesson 6
1. Lesson Introduction
2. Identify and Analyze Risk
3. Compare Risk, Issues and Changes
4. Risk Management Overview
5. Risk Assessment Meeting
6. Common Internal Risks
7. Common External Risks
8. Qualitative Risk Analysis
9. Quantitative Risk Analysis
10. Probability and Impact
11. Scenario Analysis
12. Treat and Monitor Risk
13. Risk Management Strategies
14. Mitigation and Contingency Plans
15. Tracking and Reporting on Risks
16. Risk Management Plan
17. Transition Plan
18. Transition Plan Design Considerations
19. Summary Lesson 7
1. Lesson Introduction
2. Define Units of Work
3. Milestones
4. How to Determine Milestones
5. Establish Project Cadences
6. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
7. Work Breakdown Structure Design Guidelines
8. Work Breakdown Structure Creation Process
9. Compare Work Breakdown Structure and Backlogs
10. Agile Project Backlogs
11. Project Tasks
12. Sequence the Activities
13. Dependencies and Sequencing
14. Dependency Logic Types
15. Estimation Techniques
16. Estimate Time and Effort
17. Assign Resources
18. Summary Lesson 8
1. Lesson Introduction
2. Refine the Timeline
3. Project Network Diagrams
4. Critical Path Method Introduction
5. Critical Path Method
6. Establish Project Baselines
7. Minimum Viable Product
8. Detailed Scope Statement
9. Estimate Costs
10. Project Reserves
11. Methods for Calculating Reserves
12. Project Baselines
13. Project Budget
14. Create a Quality Assurance Plan
15. Quality Assurance Plan Overview
16. Verification Activities
17. Types of Software Tests
18. Create a Test Plan
19. Validation Activities
20. Project Management Plan
21. Summary Lesson 9
1. Lesson Introduction
2. Compare Procurement Options
3. Procurement Process Overview
4. Resource Procurement Methods
5. Exploratory Documents
6. Statement of Work
7. Assess the Current Market
8. Evaluate Solution Alternatives
9. Review Current Vendor Options
10. Evaluate and Select Vendors
11. Financial Evaluation Techniques
12. Practical Evaluation Techniques
13. Fit Evaluation Techniques
14. Fixed Price Contracts
15. Cost-Plus Contracts
16. Hybrid Contracts
17. Contract Terms
18. Managing Vendors
19. Summary Lesson 10
1. Lesson Introduction
2. Document Progress
3. Execution Phase Overview
4. Maintaining Project Momentum
5. Requirements Traceability Matrix
6. Time and Work Tracking Tools
7. Version Control Tool
8. Event Logs
9. Communicate Progress
10. Burnup and Burndown Charts
11. Velocity and Throughput Charts
12. Team Meetings
13. Stakeholder Meetings
14. Conditional Meetings
15. Providing Project Team Performance Feedback
16. Tips of Delivering Feedback
17. Summary Lesson 11
1. Lesson Introduction
2. Resolve Issues
3. Issue Management Overview
4. Identify the Issue
5. Analyze the Issue
6. Issue Prioritization Tools
7. Resolve the Issue
8. Monitor the Issue
9. Control Charts
10. Control Changes
11. Change Control Overview
12. Scope Change versus Scope Creep
13. Initiate the Request
14. Evaluate Impacts
15. Decide on an Outcome
16. Implement the Change
17. IT Change Delivery Methods
18. IT Change Risk Mitigation
19. IT Environments
20. Summary Lesson 12
1. Closure Statement

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CompTIA Project+ - 21 Hours Self-paced

Course curriculum

Introduction

Lesson 1-Preparing for the Project

Lesson 2-Selecting the Project Framework

Lesson 3-Initiating the Project

Lesson 4-Facilitating Effective Meetings

Lesson 5-Implementing Solution Design

Lesson 6-Managing Resources

Lesson 7-Managing Risk

Lesson 8-Creating a Project Schedule

Lesson 9-Creating a Project Plan

Lesson 10-Procuring Solutions

Lesson 11 -Managing Project Execution

Lesson 12 -Managing Issues and Changes, Project Performance and Closure

Course Closure

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