Project+ Certification:(2003 Objectives) (2nd Edition)

Project management overview
Introduction to project management
IT project management
Project management skills

Project initiation
Project stakeholders
Business requirements
System requirements analysis
Key roles and responsibilities
The project charter
Defining scope
Stakeholder consensus and approval

Project planning, estimating and scheduling
Planning phase
Creating a work breakdown structure
Developing effort, time, and cost estimates
The project team
The project schedule

Creating project plans
The communication plan
The resource management plan
The procurement and vendor management plan
The risk management plan
The quality management plan
The comprehensive project plan

Managing people
Managing the project team
Client relationships

Managing cost and evaluating project performance
Creating a budget
Tracking
Performance reporting

Managing change and quality
Managing change
Resource and quality management

Project closure
Closing a project

Appendix A : Project+ exam objectives map
Project+ exam objectives

After completing this course, you will know how to:

Discuss project and project management concepts, project management tools and resources, and basic project management skills.
Identify stakeholder needs and expectations. Identify business requirements.
Perform a systems requirements analysis. Identify roles and responsibilities.
Create a project charter. Create scope documents. Identify strategies for building consensus among management and other project stakeholders.
Discuss the planning process. Create a work breakdown structure (WBS). Develop effort, time, and cost estimates. Create a project team. Create a project schedule.
Create a communication plan. Create a resource management plan. Create a procurement and vendor management plan. Create a risk management plan. Create a quality management plan. Create a comprehensive project plan.
Manage the project team. Manage client relationships.
Create a budget. Identify project tracking activities. Evaluate and measure the performance of a project.
Manage changes. Manage resources and quality.
Discuss project closure.

Prerequisites

None