Over 10 Hours of CompTIA Project+ Training Teaches You Project Planning, Risk Management, Project Life Cycles, Change Management and Much More!
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CompTIA Project+ Training Course Outline:
Getting Started With CompTIA Project+ Training
In this introduction video you will learn about what’s in the course, what areas of project management are covered, and a little about your instructor.
- What Will We Be Doing?
- Who is Your Instructor?
- What Areas of Project Management Are Covered?
- How to Use This Course
Project Management Tools
In this video you will take a look at some of the software and other resources used to create this course. Plus, you will get a first look at several templates and sample documents that you can use to help facilitate your own project management process.
- The Software I Used
- Other Project Management Software
- Templates for You to Use and Sample Documents
- Other Resources
Scenario
In this video you will be introduced to the course scenario that you will work with throughout the course.
- Introduction
- About Our Scenario
Identify the Characteristics of a Project
In this video you will be introduced to the different phases of the project management process, so that you can begin to understand what it takes to be a successful project manager. You will also learn how different organizations approach project management.
- What is a Project?
- Triple Constraints
- Project Management Process Groups
- Project Life Cycle
- Project Manager
- Project Management Knowledge Areas
- IT Project Management
- Different Types of Organizational Structures
Project Initiation
In this video you will learn the importance of identifying what the project is and whether the project is even necessary. Plus, I’ll show you how to create and use a stakeholder matrix to help identify your stakeholders and understand their influence on the project to ensure that their expectations are met.
- Identify the Project
- The Business Nee
- Globomantics Project and Business Need
- Validate the Project
- Requirements
- Measuring Success
- Globomantics Project Requirements
- The Stakeholder
- Identifying the Stakeholders
- Stakeholder Matrix
- Stakeholder Requirements
- Assumptions About the Project
- When Requirements Collide
- Getting Vendors Involved
- Globomantics Stakeholders and Assumptions
The Project Charter
The project charter defines the project, and its acceptance and approval allows the project to begin. In this video I’ll show you what goes into the creation of a project charter, as well as give you a template to get you started.
- What is the Project Charter?
- Inputs to the Project Charter
- Elements of the Project Charter
- Project Charter Sample Template
- Consensus and Customer Expectations
- Globomantics Statement of Work (SOW)
- Globomantics Project Charter
The Scope Statement
This video concentrates on how to precisely define what the project will accomplish, so that everyone involved has the same understanding and expectations. You’ll learn how to put together a scope statement that will document all of the project work needed to achieve project acceptance and success.
- The Planning Phase
- Defining Scope
- Tools and Techniques
- The Scope Statement
- Acceptance and Approval
- Scope Statement Sample Template
- Globomantics Scope Statement
The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
In this video you will learn about the different methods used in the creation of a work breakdown structure (WBS) that will enable you to develop an accurate project schedule and a realistic budget.
- What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
- WBS Dictionary
- Importance of WBS
- WBS Methods
- Developing WBS
- WBS Chart
- WBS Recommendations
- Globomantics Work Breakdown Structure
Creating a Budget
In this video you’ll learn about cost estimating. I’ll demonstrate different estimating tools and techniques, including PERT estimating, that will enable you to properly develop your project cost baseline.
- Creating a Budget
- Estimating Types
- Bottom-Up Estimating
- Three Point Estimating
- Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) Estimating
- Estimating Work Hours
- Cost Estimates
- Estimating Techniques
- Estimating Recommendations
- Allocation
- Associated Risks
- Contingency
- Cost Management Plan
- Elements of the Cost Management Plan
- Globomantics Budget Creationg
Developing a Project Schedule
Creating a project schedule is hard work, in this video I’ll demonstrate several different techniques you can employee when creating your project schedule. I’ll also show you how to use a Gantt chart and various other tools to manage your project schedule and help keep it on track.
- What is a Schedule?
- Why Do We Need a Schedule
- What We Need to Create a Schedule
- Resource Assignments
- Network Diagram
- Finish to Start Dependency
- Start to Start Dependency
- Finish to Finish Dependency
- Start to Finish Dependency
- Arrow Diagram Method (ADM)
- Critical Path Method (CPM)
- Float Overview
- Calculating Float
- Milestone Chart
- Summary Chart
- Gantt Chart
- Resource Levelling
- Schedule Compression
The Communications Plan
Appropriate information, to the appropriate people at the appropriate time, is essential to good project management. In this video you will explore the establishment of a communication plan for your project. I’ll show you an example of a communication plan and supply you with a template that you can use for your project.
- The Communications Plan
- Preparing the Plan
- Meetings
- Communications Plan Template
- Special Communication Needs
- Globomantics Communications Plan
- Globomantics Project Dashboard
The Procurement Process
This video will cover procurement planning and the differences between RFI, RFP, and RFQ. You’ll also learn about contracts and vendor selection so that you can make the best choice for your project.
- The Procurement Process
- Procurement Planning Inputs
- Procurement Planning
- Expert Judgment
- Make or Buy Analysis
- Purchase Planning
- Request For Information (RFI) and Request For Proposal (RFP)
- Elements of an RFP
- Request for Quote (RFQ)
- Proposal Evaluation
- Request Seller Response
- Vendor Selection
- Selection Methods
- Contracts
- Contract Types
- Globomantics Hardware Procurement
Risk Management Planning
Identifying and preparing for risk will help us to lessen the impact of a risk event should it occur. In this video you will learn how to identify risk and study different methods to analyze that risk. Plus, you will create a risk register and learn about risk response.
- Managing Risk
- Identify Risk
- Qualitative Risk Analysis
- Risk Probability and Impact Matrix
- Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Risk Response
The Quality Management Plan
In this video you will learn the importance of quality management. I will review several methods to measure quality including run charts and Pareto diagrams. Plus, you will work hands-on to create your own Ishakawa diagram, to help you identify potential problems.
- Quality Planning
- Quality Management Plan Overview
- Define Quality Requirements
- Quality Control
- Toll-gate Review
- Quality Assurance
- Standards Compliance
- Cost of Quality
- Quality Measurement Tools
- Globomantics Run Chart
- Pareto Diagram
- Ishakawa Diagram
- Globomantics Ishakawa Diagram
- Dispute Resolution
The Project Management Plan
In this video you will learn how to properly create a project management plan and you will discover how this plan defines our general approach to managing the project.
- Project Management Plan Overview
- Inputs to the Project Plan
- Transition Plan
- Assemble the Project Plan and Change Control Process
- Presenting the Plan
- Formal Plan Review
- Kick-off Meeting
- Globomantics Kick-off Meeting
The Project Team
One of your most important resources is your project team and in this video you will learn how to assemble and develop that team. I’ll also talk about conflict resolution and demonstrate several techniques for dealing with conflict.
- Creating the Project Team
- Identify Resource Requirements
- Assessing Skills
- Team Members Availability
- Team Orientation
- Managing the Team
- Leadership Qualities
- Developing the Team
- Teamwork
- Virtual/Dispersed Teams
- Managing Virtual Teams
- Globomantics Virtual Teams
- Performance Appraisals
- Individual and Team Performance Issues
- Sources of Conflict
- Confronting (Problem Solving)
- Smoothing (Accommodating, Obliging)
- Compromising (Give and Take)
- Forcing (Competing, Controlling)
- Withdrawing (Avoiding)
- Collaborating
- Wavering Project Support
- Managing the Customer/Sponsor
Change Management
Scope creep is never a good situation; the use of proper change management will help to avoid this whenever possible. However, change happens, and in this video we’ll be talking about how to avoid uncontrolled changes to the project scope (or scope creep) using change management. You will also learn how to control change using change requests, track any changes with a change control log, and you will get templates of both for your own use.
- The Need for Change Management
- Scope Creep
- The Change Control Process
- The Change Request Form
- Evaluating the Impact of Change
- Making a Decision
- Communicating Changes to the Affected Parties
- Documenting Changes
- Updating Plans and Components
- Corrective Actio
- Globomantics - Managing Change
Tracking and Reporting
Tracking the projects progress and reporting on it is vital to keeping your project on time, on budget, and of top quality. This video will teach you how to monitor your project and report that progress to the appropriate people. I will also demonstrate how to calculate earned value, and how to perform variance and trend analysis.
- Monitoring the Project
- What, When, and How Do We Monitor?
- Cancelling a Project
- Monitoring the Schedule
- Negotiation
- Performance Reporting
- Issue Logs
- Earned Value Analysis
- Calculating Earned Value
- Globomantics Earned Value Calculations
- Variance Analysis
- Globomantics Variance Analysis
- Trend Analysis
- Globomantics Trend Analysis
Closing the Project
Proper closure is important and often overlooked. This video is all about closure; not just closing the project, but when and why you will perform closing activities. Documenting the lessons learned from our failures and our successes can be valuable to the success of our project as well as future projects.
- Project Closure
- When Do We Close a Project?
- Assessing the Deliverables
- Customer Acceptance
- Transition Plan
- Releasing Resources
- Closing Contracts
- Collecting Project Documentation
- Lessons Learned
- Project Review
- Project Archive
- Final Project Report
- Recognizing Success
Preparing for Your CompTIA Project+ Certification Exam
In this video you will learn my inside tips and pointers on the exam certification process and other things you should consider before taking the exam.
- Exam Overview
- Exam Objectives
- Study Recommendations
- Exam Preparation
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