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CompTIA Project+ Certification Guide

You're reading from CompTIA Project+ Certification Guide

Product type Book

Published in Sep 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789534498

Pages 358 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Project Management

Author (1):

J. Ashley Hunt

Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to the CompTIA Project+ Exam (PK0-004)

2. Project Initiation

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

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Questions

You are the project manager for a large installation project. Your key stakeholders are discussing what is needed to be accomplished to set up their new data center and have some specific ideas about what they want. What is the best document to collect all their requirements?
- Requirements list
- WBS
- Requirements traceability matrix
- Scope statement

Which of the following is the best description of a WBS?
- Hierarchical decomposition of 100% scope of work
- Organizational chart for scope of work
- What will and will not be included in the scope of work
- An outline
Bill is your sponsor, and he has come to you and asked for an overview of the work package you and your team have decomposed. He is concerned because your customer doesn’t really understand your WBS, and before they sign off on the baseline, they would like a clearer understanding of the scope of work...

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Authors (1)

J. Ashley Hunt

J. Ashley Hunt is currently the senior project management instructor at StormWind Studios for Waterfall and Agile project management. A nationally and internationally renowned subject-matter expert in the areas of project management and professional development, she has created training offerings for, and delivered project management training to, more than 10,000 people working for enterprise clientele around the world. Ashley has developed an admirable reputation as a consultative trainer and engaging speaker in several disciplines, consistently receiving exemplary evaluations from her students and clientele. This is her second published study guide. Her relevant technical experience includes PMP®, Project+, PMI-ACP®, CSM, MCAS, and LSSGBC certified.

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