CompTIA Project+ (PK0-004) Cert Prep: 1 Project Basics

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1. What is a Project?

• Overview
• Project characteristics
• Projects as part of a program and portfolio

2. IT Project Management Concepts

• Infrastructure concepts for IT projects
• Cloud models
• Software

3. Project Management Security Concepts

• Physical security
• Operational security
• Digital security
• Data security
• Corporate IT security policies and restrictions
• Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors
• Compliance and privacy considerations

4. IT Projects Frameworks and Methodologies

• Project management development approaches
• Software development life cycle
• Waterfall
• Projects in controlled environments (PRINCE2)
• Agile
• DevOps and DevSecOps
• Kanban
• Scrum
• SAFe
• Extreme programming (XP)
• Agile vs. waterfall concepts

5. Project Factors

• Project factors overview
• Project constraints
• Project resources
• Project risks and change control

6. Manage Scope and Requirements

• Collecting requirements and defining scope
• Creating the work breakdown structure (WBS)

7. Manage Schedule

• Upcoming milestones and activity identification
• Story estimation/story points
• Sequencing activities
• Estimating techniques and resource loading
• Schedule maintenance
• Revise baseline vs. rebaseline

8. Manage Budget

• Estimating costs, determining budget, and forecasting

9. Manage Quality and Performance

• Quality and performance concepts
• Cost and schedule performance
• Testing types

10. Manage Resources

• Organizational structures
• Resource life cycle
• Resource types and criticality
• Gap analysis
• Team performance considerations
• Roles and responsibilities

11. Engage Stakeholders

• Identify stakeholders
• Manage stakeholder engagement

12. Manage Communications and Meetings

• Communication methods and platforms or modalities
• Managing and controlling communication
• Meeting types
• Meeting techniques
• Meeting roles

13. Manage Procurements

• Resource procurement methods
• Procurement exploratory documents
• Vendor evaluation techniques
• Contract types

14. Manage Risks and Issues

• Risk, issues, and changes
• Risk types
• Risk analysis
• Risk responses
• Risk and issue roles and responsibilities
• Issue tracking and outcome documentation
• Issue resolution plan

15. Control Changes

• Project change control process
• Manage change
• IT infrastructure change control
• Software change control
• Cloud vs. on premises in change control
• Continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) process
• Production vs. beta/staging environments

16. Project Life Cycle Artifacts and Activities

• Project life cycle phases overview
• Discovery phase artifacts
• Initiating phase activities
• Planning phase activities
• Executing phase activities
• Closing phase activities

17. Project Tools

• Project life cycle tools
• Case scenario and application 1
• Tracking charts tools
• Case scenario and application 2
• Communication and meeting tools
• Collaboration tools
• Documentation and office production tools
• Scheduling and ticketing/case management tools
• Case scenario and application 3
• Quality and performance charts
• Case scenario and application 4