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CompTIA Project+ Certification Guide

You're reading from   CompTIA Project+ Certification Guide Learn project management best practices and successfully pass the CompTIA Project+ PK0-004 exam

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789534498
Length 358 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ashley Hunt Ashley Hunt
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Preface 1. Introduction to the CompTIA Project+ Exam (PK0-004) 2. Project Initiation FREE CHAPTER 3. Project Roles and Responsibilities 4. Developing a Project Charter 5. Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 6. Developing a Project Schedule 7. Resource Management Planning and Communication Considerations 8. Budget and Contingency Plans for Risk 9. Monitoring and Controlling Project Work 10. Formal Project or Phase Closure and Agile Project Management 11. Assessments 12. Other Book You May Enjoy

Overview of agile project management

What exactly is agile? You may be familiar with agile frameworks due to being in the technology world. Ask any software developer what agile is and they will probably be able to explain it, but what if you aren’t a software developer? Is this even something you can use? The answer is yes, yes you can. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if you pull a couple of best practices from the Scrum framework and decide to use them on every project. Agile isn’t just for software anymore.

You also might be wondering why any agile appears on the Project+ exam. Remember, the Project+ exam takes best practices from the Project Management Body of Knowledge, or PMBOK® Guide, which is currently in its sixth iteration. The Project Management Institute (PMI®) collaborated with the Agile Alliance to determine best practices that could...

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