CompTIA Project+ Online Training

In this entry-level CompTIA Project+ training, Simona Millham covers the objectives in the PK0-004 exam, the one exam required to earn the CompTIA Project+ certification.

Most every IT professional is already a project manager — it’s just a matter of proving it. Validate this essential skill set with the CompTIA Project+. After completing this Project+ training, you'll be fully prepared to take the PK0-004 exam — plus you’ll have a full understanding of how to manage project life cycles and influence appropriate communication methods.

For IT managers, this Project+ training can be used for Project+ exam prep, on-boarding new employees, or curated into a team training plan.

CompTIA Project+: What You Need to Know

This CompTIA Project+ training has 51 videos that step through the PK0-004 exam objectives and cover topics including:

Project roles, such as project manager, project coordinator, and project team
Project phases, including initiation, planning, execution, monitor and control, and closing
Agile methodology concepts, such as sprint planning and retrospectives
Project management charts, such as Gantt, Run, Pareto, and Scatter charts

Who Should Take Project+ Training?

This PK0-004 course is valuable for new IT professionals with at least a year of experience with project management and experienced project coordinators looking to validate their CompTIA skills.

New IT professionals. Even if you’re not a project manager, you will inevitably manage a project in your IT career. This Project+ training covers everything you need to know about managing small and medium-sized projects. Even if you’re not planning on earning this certification (or becoming a project manager), knowing how projects work, how to manage them, and the different types of project management will go a long way as you progress in your career.

Experienced IT professionals. If you’ve been in IT for a few years, it’s likely that you’ve managed a project to completion — even though you don’t have a project manager title. Whether that was a big migration, changing out network components, or deploying new desktops, you still went through the initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing phases of projects (even if you didn’t call them that). Project managers speak the language of business. This Project+ training helps you learn that language and how to manage projects and people better. Not only will this Project+ course help you close projects faster, but it will help you advance into management roles.

Skill:
CompTIA Project+ (PK0-004)
- 1. Introducing CompTIA Project+ PK0-004
  4 mins
- 2. Project Properties
  3 mins
- 3. Key Project Roles and Responsibilities
  5 mins
- 4. Supporting Project Roles
  3 mins
- 5. The Initiation Phase
  5 mins
- 6. The Planning Phase
  5 mins
- 7. The Execution Phase
  4 mins
- 8. The Monitoring and Controlling Phase
  4 mins
- 9. The Closing Phase
  5 mins
- 10. Quiz!
  5 mins
- 11. Basics of Project Cost Control
  5 mins
- 12. Cost Control Calculations
  7 mins
- 13. Team Organisational Structures
  4 mins
- 14. The Work Breakdown Structure
  5 mins
- 15. The Project Schedule
  5 mins
- 16. Task Dependencies
  4 mins
- 17. The Critical Path
  5 mins
- 18. Basics of the Agile Methodology
  5 mins
- 19. Scrum Roles, Events and Artefacts
  4 mins
- 20. Resource Management Concepts
  4 mins
- 21. Personnel Management
  4 mins
- 22. Conflict Resolution
  5 mins
- 23. Quiz!
  4 mins
- 24. Common Constraints
  4 mins
- 25. Interaction Between Constraints
  4 mins
- 26. Influences
  4 mins
- 27. Risk Activities
  5 mins
- 28. Risk Response Strategies
  4 mins
- 29. Quiz!
  5 mins
- 30. Meeting Types
  5 mins
- 31. Other Communication Methods
  5 mins
- 32. Factors Influencing Communication Methods
  5 mins
- 33. Message Content and Criticality
  2 mins
- 34. Specific Stakeholder Communication Requirements
  3 mins
- 35. Rapport and Relationship Building
  3 mins
- 36. Communication Triggers
  5 mins
- 37. Change Control Processes
  4 mins
- 38. Common Project Changes
  3 mins
- 39. Types of Organisational Change
  3 mins
- 40. Quiz!
  5 mins
- 41. Project Scheduling Software and Gantt Charts
  4 mins
- 42. Charts
  5 mins
- 43. Dashboards and Status Reports
  4 mins
- 44. Knowledge Management Tools
  5 mins
- 45. Performance Measurement Tools
  3 mins
- 46. SWOT Analysis
  3 mins
- 47. RACI Matrix
  4 mins
- 48. Requirements Traceability Matrix
  2 mins
- 49. Project Centric Documentation
  4 mins
- 50. Vendor and Partner Centric Documents
  4 mins
- 51. Quiz!
  5 mins

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Introducing CompTIA Project+ PK0-004

Course overview

4 HOURS OF TRAINING

1 SKILL

51 VIDEOS

0 VIRTUAL LABS

1 PRACTICE EXAM

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CompTIA Project+ (PK0-004) FAQs: Cost, Training, Value

Is CompTIA Project+ hard?

The CompTIA Project+ is a hard certification because of how many different project management methodologies and approaches it covers. Other project management certifications can be easier because they focus on one, specific methodology. Many students find the CompTIA Project+ hard because in order to prepare for it, you need to study several different project management concepts, not just one single framework’s scope.

Should I get CompTIA Project+?

If you‘re a business professional who coordinates small or medium-sized projects, you should probably get the CompTIA Project+. You should get the Project+ from CompTIA because unlike project management certifications that focus on memorizing specific frameworks or terminology, the Project+ focuses on the actual skills of managing projects. Unless you must have project management credentials for one, specific framework, you should get the CompTIA Project+.

Is Project+ a good cert?

Project+ from CompTIA is a good certification, especially for business professionals who organize and coordinate small or medium-sized projects. The Project+ is a good cert because it isn’t tied to specific project management methodologies, instead it’s a balance of knowledge and skills necessary for good project management. If you need to manage communication, resources and documentation, the Project+ is a good cert.

How long does it take to study for CompTIA Project+?

It should only take about three to four weeks to study for the CompTIA Project+ as long as you’re already familiar with project management concepts and can devote more than two hours a day to studying. On the other hand, if you have no experience or can only spend an hour a day, it could take two to three months to study for CompTIA Project+.

What is the Project+ certification?

The Project+ certification is a project management credential from CompTIA that’s unique for focusing on broad knowledge and skills associated with project management, not on one specific methodology. That means the Project+ certification is broad and generic, and for some project managers, that makes it a very good certification. But there are project managers who need a credential in a specific framework, and the Project+ certification may not be enough in those cases.