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This book follows that CompTIA Project+ exam blueprint and is divided into chapters that cover major topic areas. Each section is explained in sufficient detail to become a Project+ certified professional. Certain areas have been expanded upon, which are important concepts to know. However, they do not map directly to an exam objective.

You will learn the following information in this book:

Chapter 1: Initiating the Project provides a high-level overview of project management, introducing the basic terminology of project management, including the types of organization structures a project manager may work in.

Chapter 2: Project Team Roles and Responsibilities outlines the various roles involved in project management, from stakeholders and project champion/sponsors to project manager and project team members.

Chapter 3: Creating the Project Charter begins with a detailed discussion of the process groups defined by PMI®: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing. It then examines the elements of the project charter, whose definition is the most important Initiating process, and concludes with an overview of the kickoff meeting.

Chapter 4: Creating the Work Breakdown Structure moves into project planning, beginning with documenting the project scope and understanding project influences and constraints and concluding with the decomposition of project tasks into a work breakdown structure.

Chapter 5: Creating the Project Schedule extends planning to creation of a detailed project schedule. It covers the entire schedule planning process, beginning with identifying and sequencing the tasks to be performed and allocating resources. You’ll learn how to calculate task durations and the critical path through them, as well as determine milestones and set a baseline and obtain approval. Finally, you’ll see how to establish a governance process.

Chapter 6: Resource Planning and Management continues project management into the execution phase with management of the project team. You’ll learn about determining resource needs, personnel management, conflict resolution, and the role of the kickoff meeting in team building.

Chapter 7: Defining the Project Budget and Risk Plans covers cost estimating and cost budgeting and the risk activities and strategies for your project. You’ll learn the basic techniques of estimating and then tracking costs, along with risk analysis and planning.

Chapter 8: Communicating the Plan covers the role of communication – with stakeholders, team members, and others – in project management. You’ll learn what information needs to be communicated and how to do so most effectively.

Chapter 9: Processing Change Requests and Procurement Documents shows how to deal with changing project requirements, with a particular look at the Agile methodology devised for the rapidly evolving requirements of software development. It also looks at the types of organizational change that can affect a project and the specific documents used in dealing with vendors.

Chapter 10: Project Tools and Documentation looks at some of the project tools and documentation needed to inform stakeholders, to document action items and meeting minutes, and to analyze the performance and results of the work of the project. It also reviews the steps a project manager will take in closing out a project.

CompTIA periodically updates and revises exam objectives even after an exam has been released. Even if you have already downloaded the exam objectives, it’s always a good idea to check and make sure you have the most current version. To get the exam objectives for the CompTIA Project+ certification, please go to https://certification.comptia .org/certifications/project.

Every question on the Project+ exam is a multiple-choice format. I used this same format for all the questions and practice exams in this study guide.

Many of the examples used to demonstrate practical application of the material in this book focus on IT projects because IT project managers were the original target audience for this exam. However, the techniques and concepts discussed in this book are not limited to IT projects. The information discussed in this book can be applied to projects in any industry.